Broad Sheep May 2016 by Broadsheep

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Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s On - Herefordshire & The Marches

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HOPE that none of the fair minded and kind readers of Broad Sheep jumped to any hasty conclusions last week when Broad Sheep’s name cropped up in the Panama Papers. Admittedly 4.7 billion dollars does seem a lot of money for a small free listings magazine to be stashing in their offshore account, but I can 100% assure you there is a perfectly reasonable explanation (as I already told that nosey git from the Hereford Times). That reporter somehow got the idea I was using Broad Sheep to hide the ill-gotten gains of my good friend and judo partner Vlad, (President Putin to you mate). The perfectly reasonable explanation I alluded to was this... hmmm... hmmm... (sorry, something in my throat). Vlad had spotted how hard it was for the Powys school Small Ads 4 system to give all their pupils any basic musical education and had decided purely Pork page 6 out fo the goodness of the Russian people’s heart, to divert some of the money from Art 8 selling arms to Iran into buying every child in Powys a kazoo. Now 4.7 billion dollars Art workshops 12 does seem a lot to spend on kazoos but these were extremely superior instruments, proper metal ones, not those horrid green plastic ones. So if in the next few months Cinema 18 you hear the happy sound of Colonel Bogey being murdered in the street by some Dance 22 rosy-cheeked eight year old, remember, without Vlad none of this would have been Food 24 possible. Now let’s turn to more uplifting enterprises. Hay Festival is once again upon us. Music 26 May the battle of the giants recommence. It’s time to get out your ‘Observer’s Book Music workshops 46 of Famous Writers’ again and see who you can spot. Five points for Caitlin Moran, Band directory 48 ten points for Salman Rushdie, twenty points for Fay Weldon and Howard Jacobson Theatre 50 sharing some crumpet in the tea tent. Actually most of the author’s jacket photos are Word 54 so out of date you’d be hard put to recognise them. You might have more luck with Grass roots 58 the musicians - Laura Marling, Suzanne Vega, Baaba Maal, good old K.T. Tunstall but my tip is try and catch (cover girl) Brazilian singer Comp therapies 60 Flavia Coelho on Saturday 4th June. Meanwhile down the road at How the Light Gets In, they continue to pack the schedules with 1001 We take no different acts. This year they are having another bash responsibility for the veracity of the at their big circus, fairground field by the river which information herein maybe people will get the hang of this year. That might Pete Mustill take some weight off the chapel site which sometimes Mayfield, Stapleton, resembles one of those Guiness book of records Nr Presteigne, Powys attempts at getting 35 people into a Mini! They are also LD8 2LW trying to sell lots of season tickets this year. So for £188 Tel: 01544 260051 you can get a ticket that lets you into everything (and Email: info@broadsheep.com that’s an awful lot of gigs) from Thursday 26th May until Nuala Honan Website: www.broadsheep.com Sunday 5th June. On the other hand you can also buy The Menagerie May 29 First Weekend Tickets or Last Weekend Tickets or you can also buy tickets for single days or even tickets for single events. Quite how this is all going to pan out I don’t know and who gets priority when all the people want to see the same thing in a small yurt is anybodys guess, but never fear there is also a ‘fast pass’ for people in a hurry, so for an extra £5 you don’t have to queue. Anyway there is loads to see and do although I suspect I’ll just end up watching my old mate Martin Harley and Bristol band Spiro who are both incidentally on Saturday 4th June the same evening as Flavia Coelho - “Houston, we have a problem”. Meanwhile, away from the big sites things should be jumping in the middle of town as well. The Electrical Shop will be serving up their usual brew of fab cocktails and live music. The Fair on the Square will be doing food, vintage antiques and live music all day on Saturday 28th, Sunday 29th and Monday 30th. Most exciting for us is that since Groucho’s disappeared back to the smoke, we i.e. THE FAMILY! have jumped at the chance to run a pop-up bar in the Castle. It’s called The Menagerie and will run from Friday 27th May to Saturday 4th June. Food and drink will be supplied by street food legends Moo & Two and The Whole Cheese and there will be a proper bar serving good wine, beers and cocktails at pub prices in proper glasses. (None of yer £6 for a dodgy plastic cup of Cab-Sav here mate). Friday 27th - Monday 30th there will be live music every night, a featured performer plus the Menagerie House Band and guest DJs. It will be comfy, classy, fun and free! Remi Harris See you there. The Menagerie May 30

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Cover pic: Flavia Coelho, Hay Festival - 4 June

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The Holy Grail: the Ultimate Bacon Sandwich W

HEN Covent Garden was still a genuine wholesale vegetable market, I remember seriously considering opening up a café there with a friend, which we were going to call ‘The Ultimate Bacon Sandwich.’ This was in the days before these shores had been invaded by the likes of Starbucks and Costa, although an advance party from McDonalds had just planted its flag in Woolwich High Street. I’m old enough to remember when the only place in London you could get a decent espresso was in the legendary all-night Bar Italia, in Soho’s Frith Street. And a pretty edgy experience it was too, as you’d as like as not be sat up at the zinc counter between a prostitute and a minor mobster. Our bacon sandwich enterprise was going to offer numerous cuts of bacon and ham (including the delicious paper-thin Prosciutto di Parma), between sundry dough-based enclosures, from rye and wholemeal bread, through to bagels, croissants and cobs. Along the counter there would be more jars of chutney, ketchups and mustard than you could shake a stick at. Our dream was to patent our café’s name and then offer it on the franchise market, ensuring a UBS in every town in England. We could have been as rich as Mark Zuckerberg, if we’d only got our act together. But it remained a pipe dream and I am still searching for the ultimate bacon sandwich experience today. To promote the subject, I decided (with the Editor’s permission – though no expenses were offered) to ‘road test’ half-a-dozen establishments in Hereford. Below are my Michelin-type findings. Broad Sheep readers may care to write in with their own bacon sandwich experiences from elsewhere in The Marches. Ascari’s Ever since Anthony Vaughan left to join the Great Barista in the Sky, this West Street café has been a changed place and (like Mamie Van Doren) has undergone countless face-lifts. My bacon sandwich scored 6 out of 10, because butter had been added (see final entry below). As always, the service was fast and courteous. All Saints Café Bacon sarnies probably aren’t mine host Bill Sewell’s mainstream item here, though his hardpressed kitchen staff rose to my early morning challenge, with an offering on a par with Ascari’s, using their own granary bread and what I detected was bacon from Mr Tudge’s farm at Richard’s Castle. At £4.45, it was the most expensive sarnie on my survey. County Bus Station Café A strange place, this, mostly peopled by Sun-reading Yeomans bus drivers. Décor is 1950s and should be given Listed status. Though this café recently scored a top 5 on the council’s hygiene standards Richter scale, it scored a paltry 3.5 on my BS scale, as the luke-warm sandwich filling had clearly

been parked on the side of the cooker for half-an-hour. Also, the white bread slices were thick and not medium, thus offending the inviolate B2B (bread-to-bacon) ratio. Miro The new management are making a decent fist of it here in St Owen Street, with burgers certainly a match for Aubrey Street’s ‘Rule of Tum’. However, I have to report that on the bacon sandwich front, they still have some way to go. Mine scored only 4, partly due to the slow service - which meant that the filling wasn’t piping hot – but also because of a herd of noisy Hereford Cathedral School mothers, grazing at the next table. Tiffany’s (Inside Hereford Butter Market). An artist friend used to refer to this place (under a previous management) as ‘Bruegel’s’, because he was convinced that most of its customers had once modelled for one of the 16th century Flemish artist’s ‘nightmare’ paintings. Today, it is friendly and busy and on the BS front, scored a creditable 5.5. No doubt their bacon comes from Mr Preece’s excellent stall at the west end of the market hall. Walk Café (Union Walk, next door to Nick Fisher Music). Look no further. This, my friends, is Sarnie-Nirvana. Slices of fresh, spongy white supermarket bread (medium cut), enclose at least 3 slices of piping hot back bacon, tantalisingly peeping out from the edges. No butter is used, though a generous dollop of bacon fat is provided as lubricant (Mockney TV chef Jamie Oliver recommends briefly dipping the sarnie’s top slice into the pan you grilled the bacon in). The final touch which wins my Oscar? The sandwich was cut across the middle on a slant (eschew any bacon sandwich which has been cut into two geometrically-equal portions), to create a matching pair of mouth-watering trapeziums. And at £2.40p what more could you ask for? Nick Jones

art POWYS Knucklas Castle (Community Land Project), near Knighton www.knucklascastle.org.uk 4 & 5 June ‘Knuckfest 2016.’ Free, live and open arts festival. Painting, sculpture, land art, woodworking, stone carving, installations, ‘table in the round’, music, fire, film, singing and dancing. All artists and musicians to come and create work on site over the weekend, some materials provided. Free entry. The Old School, West St, Knighton, www.shropshirehillsartweek.co.uk 4 - 12 June Open Studios. ANDY HAZELL - tin sculptures. Open 11am-5pm. Part of Shropshire Hills Art Week. Tabernacle, Regent St, Talgarth, LD3 0DB info@thetabernacle.co.uk 27 May - 5 June ‘Traces’. Three artists celebrating textiles with ideas that relate to landscape. SUSAN MILNE mixed media. KATHERINE SHEERS and HELEN WATKINS - textiles. Open 11am-5pm, late opening 1 June 11am-9.30pm where the artists will be available for discussion about their work. Upper House, Knucklas, near Knighton 01547 528792 4 - 12 June Shropshire Hills Art Week. Open studio and gallery. LOTTIE O’LEARY - stone carvings. JESSICA JACKSON - sculptural lighting. JANE FARRINGTON - paintings. 11am-5pm. Ivy House Gallery, Montgomery 01686 668746 May Local artists and locally produced crafts. Open daily 9am-5pm. Courtyard Antiques, High St, Presteigne, 01544 267033 May Art from the last 216 years. Open Mon-Sat 10am-3pm. Facebook, Courtyard Antiques, Presteigne. Richard Booth’s Bookshop, 44 Lion St, Hay-on-Wye 27 May - 17 July ‘Never Judge a Book’. HARLAND MILLER, JONATHAN CALLAN, AMY STERLY, THOM SNELL, MARK RICHARDS, MICHAEL CRAIG-MARTIN, ANSELM KIEFER. Meadow Arts.

Globe at Hay, Hay-on-Wye 01497 821762 Until mid May Shadow of a Feral State’. LAUREL GALLAGHER paintings, prints and films of otherworldly characters exploring themes of isolation, freedom and security and the desire to connect with our instinctual past. Open Wed-Sun 9.30am-5pm.

Knighton Fine Art, 2 Broad Street. 01547 528052 May ‘Home or Away – Holiday ideas’. KNIGHTON in tin, plus Rio and Washington by ANDY HAZELL and towns and cities by JULIENNE BRAHAM, CLAERWEN HOLLAND, LAURA LUNN, ANTHEA STILWELL, DAVID WEIGHT. C20th art, greetings cards and local crafts. Wed-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 10am-1pm. The Hay Makers, St John’s Place, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5BN 01497 820556 www.haymakers.co.uk Until 15 May Easter exhibition. LOUISE SCOTT, SARAH PACKINGTON, DEBBY MARSH, CLIO GRAHAM, NICK AND GABI WARD. 16 May - 16 July Festival exhibition. CORNELIUS VAN DOP - silver boxes. ANNE MORGAN & PENNY WARREN - jewellery. ALICE STEPHENS & JOHN WEBB - ceramics. ED BOXALL - prints. Plus new work from The Hay Makers. Mon-Sat 10.30am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm. St Michael & All Angels Church, Cwmdu 01874 730263 7 May Artist/Maker in Residence with concert (see Beyond the Pale). Featuring DAWN CRIPPS - textiles and embroidery, IMOGEN CRIPPS watercolours and line drawing. Mid Wales Art Centre, Caersws 01686 688369 Until 16 May ‘7 Encounters’. A Welsh-German exchange of drawings, mask making and portraiture from NADJA HAAS, JEB LOY NICHOLS, DAN ROBERSON & NICKY ARSCOTT. Until 16 May ‘The Sara Philpott Room’. SARA PHILPOTT - paintings and prints. 22 May - 9 July ‘A View from The Margins.’ LORAINE MORLEY, LINDA DAVIES, ALEXA VON DEWITZ & BARBARA RICHTER. Until Oct Sculpture Trail 2016. Open Thurs - Sun 11am-4pm. Wyeside, Builth Wells 01982 552555 Open Tues & Wed Until June ‘Seat 35’. A new photographic exhibition charting the journey of Wyeside’s Seat 35. Open Tues & Wed 12.30-9pm, Thurs - Sun 2-9pm, closed Monday. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne 01544 260777 7 May Arts and Crafts from local makers. Open 10am-3pm.

Rhayader Museum & Gallery 01597 810561 Until 21 May ‘Three Perspectives: Three Potters’. PHIL ROGERS, HA JEONG LEE & JENNIFER HALL ceramics. Open Tues-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-1pm, £4/£3, children free. Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth 01654 703355 Until 18 June ‘Romanticism in the Welsh Landscape’. Until 18 June ‘The Language Landscape’. STEVEN G BONFIELD. Until 4 June ‘Borth’. Until 18 June RUTH SHELLEY. 7 May - 13 Aug ‘Anthropocene’. GLENN MORRIS - an exhibition of sculpture as a response to the very real and enormous impact man has had on the environment and the future of life itself. Mon-Sat 10am-4pm. Minerva Arts Centre, Llandiloes 01686 413467 Until 30 May Artisans Emporium 2016. 4 June - 2 July The Wool and Willow Festival. Showcasing unique, handmade products by willow and textile artists. Open 10.30am-4.30pm. Oriel Andrew Lamont Gallery, Theatr Brycheiniog, Canal Wharf, Brecon 01874 611622 1 May SORREL MATEI. 6 - 29 May THE PICTUREMAKERS new and recent paintings. Open theatre times. The Lion Street Gallery, 6 Lion St, Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5AA www.lionstreetgallery.co.uk May Spring Landscape Show. Mixed exhibition of 21 artists. Mon-Sat 10.30am-5pm. Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown 01686 625041 Until 2 May ‘Added Dimensions’. An exhibition of architecture in Mid Wales. Until 15 June Oriel Davies Open 2016: Painting. 32 artists exhibiting. Until 15 June ‘Obscured Light Misshapen Vistas’. EIFION SVENMYER. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm. Shepherd’s Ice Cream Parlour, 9 High Town, Hay-on-Wye 01497 821898 May ‘Responses to the Landscape. After the Rodd’. CELIA JOHNSON - new work. New mixed media work and work in progress, following Celia’s residence at the Sidney Nolan Trust in Presteigne. Mon-Fri 9.30am-5.30pm, Sat 9.30am-6pm, Sun 10.30am-5.30pm.

Diana Nuttall, Barbaraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Picture Framing, Church Stretton

Tobias Ford, Leg of Mutton, Kington

Greteli Morton, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon

Susan Milne, Tabernacle, Talgarth

Glenn Morris, Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth

Shaun Hall, Old Chapel Gallery, Pembridge

Court Cupboard Gallery, Llantillo Petholey, Abergavenny, NP7 8AU 01873 852011 Until 4 May BRONTË WOODRUFF paintings. CLAUDIA PETLEY & PAUL SHEPHERD - metalwork. 7 May - 8 July HILKE MacINTYRE ceramic reliefs, lino cuts. KAY LEVERTON - scratchboard. Open 10.30am-5pm. Erwood Station Gallery, Llandeilo Graban, Builth Wells, LD2 3SJ www.erwoodstation.com May Applied Arts Group Show. 50 makers and artists exhibiting. Open 10.30am-5pm daily. Tower House Gallery, 29 High St, Knighton 01547 529530 May PAULINE & ROGER BRADLEY. Wed-Sat 9.30am-5pm. St Michael & All Angel Church, Cwmdu 01874 730263 7 May Artists in Residence at concert. DAWN CRIPPS - textiles and embroidery. IMOGEN CRIPPS watercolours and line drawing. The Workhouse Studio, Presteigne Industrial Estate 01544 267864 May Rare antique carpets and kilims. Cafe. Tues-Sat 10am-4pm. HEREFORDSHIRE Burton Court, Eardisland, HR6 9DN www.antiquesintents.co.uk 01544 267033 15 May Antiquesintents 40 dealers offering a quality selection of traditional and decorative antiques. Homemade cakes, light lunches and par. £4 admission, 10am-4pm. Grange Court, Leominster 01568 737980 27 May - 4 June ‘Leominster Through Time Photography Project’. Part of Leominster Festival. Open Mon-Sat 10am-4pm. The Chapel, Bromyard Until 8 May ‘The Land We Hold Dear’ and exhibition of art related to landscape. Artists include NEIL BALLY, DEBORAH CATESBY, SHANNON DONOVAN, BILL EVANS, SHEILA FARRELL, ALISON MacGREGOR GRIMLEY, TOM MENCE, EDWARD PARKINSON, COLIN SIMMONS, DAVID SPURRIER and others. 29 April private view 6-8pm, 30 April - 8 May open daily 11am-5pm with pop up cafe.

Redbrook - Wye Valley River Festival 01600 710844 www.wyevalleyaonb.org.uk 2 - 8 May DAN FOX - sound installation in live interaction with people as they cross the bridge. Day and eves.

Tintern Old Station, Tintern Wye Valley River Festival 01600 710844 www.wyevalleyaonb.org.uk 6 - 15 May ‘Luminous Birds and One Thousand Birds’. KATHY HINDE outdoor art installation. Open day and evening. Free. Leg of Mutton, 17 Duke St, Kington 01544 231563 www.legofmutton. wordpress.com 1 May ‘This Living Earth’. PETER HORROCKS - paintings. MAGGIE KINGSTON - sculpture. By appointment. 21 - 30 May ‘New Twists on Old Masters’. GEOFFREY VAUGHAN paintings. TOBIAS FORD - sculpture. Open 21 & 22 May, 11am-5pm, then by appointment. Apple Store Gallery, Unit 1, Rockfield Road, Hereford, HR1 2UA 01432 263937 Until 7 May ‘Framework Herefordshire’. Support network for emerging artists. 11 May - 11 June SUZANNA REYNOLDS - drawings and paintings. Wed-Fri 9.30am-4.30pm, Sat 10am-1pm. Framing also available. Herefordshire Archive & Records Centre, Fir Tree Lane, Rotherwas Estate, Hereford, HR2 6LA Until 5 May ‘A Group Gathering: Daphne’s Glove’. A touring exhibition of work by 12 artists from around the UK based on artefacts found in a Herefordshire market town. TAMSIN ABBOTT, CLAIRE A BAKER, SARAH BURFORD, ALI FERGUSON, CAREN GARFEN, SHARON HALL SHIPP, CHRISTINE KELLY, JEANETTE McCULLOCH, KATHLEEN MURPHY, MANDY PATTULOO, KAREN SHAPLEY, MARIETTE VOKE. Open Tues-Fri 9.15am-4.45pm. Tobias James Art & Framing Gallery, St Owen St, Hereford 07760 316959 May Works by local artists and from artists further afield. Lion Gallery, Broad St, Leominster 01568 611898 May A wide variety of work selected from quality British designers and makers. Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm. Mike Gell, Contemporary British Jewellery, 3 East Street, Hereford. 01432 278226 May Jewellery, silverware and studio glass by more than 80 designers. Open Mon - Sat 10am-5pm. Gallery 54, Ross-on-Wye 01989 567917 May ZOE TAYLOR, plus new work from JOHN MAXWELL STEELE and CRAFT FUSION. A picture framing

service is also available. Thurs-Sat 10am-4pm. Old Mayor’s Parlour, 23 Church St, Hereford, HR1 2LR www.oldmayorsparlour.co.uk Until 7 May ‘Spring, A New Beginning.’ Schools prize exhibition. 10 - 22 May ‘Environment.’ VI Form prize exhibition. Tues-Sat 10am-5pm. Weaver’s Gallery, Church Lane, Ledbury 01531 634571 Until 8 May fiftiesart.com Open daily. 24 - 29 May LEON MORGAN & JACKIE HARRIS. 30 May - 12 June ‘Six’. MEGAN ARNOLD - jewellery. FLEEN DORAN - pottery. BEN HOMER - woodwork. ELAINE MASON - glass. KATHLEEN MURPHY - textiles and mixed media. FIONA PRINGLE - paintings. Open 10am-5pm. Upstairs, Market House, Ross-on-Wye 01989 769398 May Made in Ross - arts and crafts collective - local work by local artist. Exhibitions change monthly. Open daily,10am-4pm. The Courtyard, Hereford 01432 340555 Until 5 June GEORGIE MEADOWS - stitched drawings. Until 5 June ‘Brian Hatton Inspires Breinton’. Open theatre times. Old Chapel Gallery, Pembridge 01544 388842 From 1 May Garden Sculpture Exhibition 2016. An ever changing collection of unique sculptures for the outdoors in a variety of media. HELEN SINCLAIR, SIMON GRIFFITHS, DAVID ENGLAND, JENNY PICKFORD, NEIL LOSSOCK and more. From 1 May PAM GRIMMOND garden birds. SEREN BELL & JANE KEAY - mixed media drawings. 28 May - 30 June HANNAH WILLOW, KAREN PEARCE, SHAUN HALL and more - new work to include sculpture, ceramics, glass, paintings and jewellery. 11am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm. Tues by appointment. Check website for opening times. Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum, Foregate St, Worcester, 01905 25371 Until 25 June ‘This Green Earth’. Showcasing artist BRIDGET MacDONALD alongside exquisite works from the Ashmolean Museum. Art Study Day on 15 March, 10.30am-4pm, £20 per person. Until 29 Oct ‘Divided Loyalties’. Open Mon-Sat 10.30am-4.30pm, closed Sun and Bank Holidays.

Bishop’s Palace & Gardens, Hereford 01432 374261 1 May Art-Fest. Open 10am-5pm daily, £10 entry, www.palace-art-fest.co.uk South Chapel, All Saint’s Church, Hereford 01432 370414 9 - 14 May Sale of Indian silks and saris with JAN BISHOP. 16 - 21 May GOLDEN VALLEY CRAFT SOCIETY - craft sale. 23 - 28 May SIAN THOMAS handmade stained glass. PREETI THAPA - exhibition and sale of Nepalese handicrafts. 30 May - 4 June Sale of Indian silks and saris with JAN BISHOP. 6 - 11 June THE HEREFORD LEISURE PAINTERS - exhibition and sale. Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm. The Print Shed, Swinmoor, Madley, Hereford, HR2 9JD 07796 673123 www.theprintshed.net Facility available for artists to access fully equipped printmaking studio. Large intaglio press, antique relief press. Light, airy studio space. Technical assistance, courses, specialist papers for print. Blue Ginger Gallery, Home End Farm, Cradley, WR13 5NW 01886 880240 Until 2 May ‘The Peace of Wild Things’. An exhibition of new work by prestigious British artists inspired by Wendell Berry’s poem of the same

title. Meet the artists 19 March, 2-5pm. Plus a selection of arts and crafts, picture framing, prints and images, plus a showcase of local artists. Open Wed-Sun 10am-5pm. SHROPSHIRE The Gallery, 32 High St, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630555 Contemporary arts including glass, ceramics, metal and wood, textiles, paintings, prints and jewellery. Thurs-Sat 11am-5pm. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow 01584 878141 Open Mon-Sat 10am-8pm. 3 April Craft and Collectors’ Sales. Open 9am-2pm. Info, 01547 540477. Aardvark Books, The Bookery, Manor Farm, Brampton Bryan, Bucknell, SY7 0DH 01547 530744 Until 15 May ‘The Marches: Maps, prints, bindings’. Annual map exhibition including maps of Radnorshire, Wales, Shropshire and Herefordshire. Includes unusual John Speed maps. Open Mon-Fri 9am5pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm. 30 May Brocante/Flea Market. Live music and refreshments. 9am-3pm.

The Gateway Education and Arts Centre, Chester St, Shrewsbury 01743 355159 Until 3 June ‘South Shropshire Hills’. GILL TANDY - paintings. Mon-Thurs 8.45am-4.30pm, Fri 8.45am-4.15pm. Barbara’s Picture Framing, Units 3-4 Beaumont Rd, Church Stretton, SY6 6BN 01694 723586 27 May - 10 June DIANA NUTTALL - landscape paintings in acrylics and new venture in cushions and tableware. Open 10am-5pm. Silk Top Hat Gallery, Quality Square, Ludlow 01584 875363 12 May Top Hat Tour to Cardiff, £24/£22 coach. Until 21 May JENNY JONES paintings. ELSPETH SOPER - pots. Until 21 May NIK BURNS - sculpture. JULIE ROBERTSON - watch piece jewellery. 28 May - 25 June EDWARD BELL & MATTHEW WOOD. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm. Hightown Community Rooms, Clun www.marchesbookartsgroup.co.uk 7 & 8 May Displays about playwright John Osborne, his life and work and life in Clun and the area in the 1950s. Open 10am-3pm, free.

MOMA Machynlleth

ANTHROPOCENE

7th May – 13th August

A sculptural response by artist Glenn Morris to man’s impact on the planet and the end of the Holocene Epoch.

www.glennmorris.co.uk www.moma.machynlleth.org.uk

Twenty Twenty Gallery, 3-4 High St, Much Wenlock 01952 727952 Until 21 May ‘Painters, Potters and Printmakers’. MYCHAEL BARRATT, TREVOR PRICE, LOUISE DAVIES, SARA JANE HARPER, DENNIS FARRELL. 28 May - 25 June ‘West Country Artists’. Mixed exhibition featuring ANDREW LANSLEY, SARAH BEE, MARIAN HILL, MORAG MacINNES, SARAH PURVEY, PATRICIA VOLK. Mon 11am-5pm, Tues-Sat 10am-5pm. Land of Lost Content, Craven Arms, SY7 9NW 01588 676176 National Museum of British Popular Culture. 11am-5pm daily, closed Wed. The Old Surgery Gallery, Clun 01588 640506 May Spring exhibition. 10am-4pm. Town Hall, Bishop’s Castle www.bishopscastletownhall.co.uk 01588 630023 6 May Market. Crafts, knitwear, fruit and vegetables. Open 9am-2pm. 7 May Flea and antiques market. Open 9am-4pm. 14 May Craft Fair - ceramics, sculptures, textiles, jewellery and more. Open 10am-4pm. Until 21 May ALISON MacGREGOR GRIMLEY - landscapes. Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery, The Square, Shrewsbury, SY1 1LH 01743 258885 Until 4 June ‘Valhalla - Life and Death in Viking Britain’. Until 4 June ‘Treasures: The Literature and Landscape of Mary Webb’s Shropshire’. Open Tues-Sun 10am-4.30pm. Admission £4 adults, £3.50 ages 5-17 years, students £3.60.

Art & Craft Workshops Single listings are free. Year round, £40 per year

ART WORKSHOPS For groups and individuals at our beautiful studios in Knucklas, happy to travel to you too. Contact Lois Hopwood & Tony Hall 01547 529 670. Email loishopwoodwales@gmail.com

CALL TO ARTISTS AND CRAFTSPEOPLE The Kington Market will be re-launching its Arts and Crafts Market in June and is now taking stall bookings from makers creating good quality local work.The new Arts Market (third Saturday of each month, 10am-4pm) will kick off with a bang on the same weekend as the Kington Festival Wheelbarrow Race! Contact Nancy on 07867 483135 or email kingtoncommunitymarket@ gmail.com

CHURCH STRETTON ARTS FESTIVAL INVITATION TO ENTER ART EXHIBITION For accomplished amateur artists and exhibiting artists. Deadline for submissions is 30 June. Online entry forms: www.strettonfestival.org.uk, email exhibition@strettonfestival.org.uk or 01694 723072. CREATIVE WILLOW Weekly classes for beginners and intermediates, exploring willow weaving techniques for basketmaking and garden structures. Clyro, Builth Wells and Crickhowell. Mary Zammit, 01982 552072, mary@marywillowgarden.co.uk PRINTMAKING WORKSHOPS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR Day workshops in Lino cut printing (textile and paper), Monoprinting and Etching with the artist Rebecca Davis MA. These workshops are for both beginners and more advanced students. The aim of the workshops is to help students develop their creative skills in printmaking. Each workshop costs £30 plus materials. Tea, coffee and biscuits provided. Contact rebecca@rebeccadavisstudio.co.uk. www.rebeccadavisstudio.co.uk or 07776 490831. COFFEE, CAKE & CREATIVITY Join us for a range of adult art & craft workshops at The Studio, Greenacres, Tenbury Wells. Classes in Portraiture, Still Life, Experimental Drawing, Fused Glass, Engraving and Paper Construction with artist Ann Wallace (18 years teaching experience) - www.annwallace.co.uk on studio workshop page for class listings - 01584 811080. SILK SCREEN PRINTING WORKSHOP Create your own silk screen prints with Royal College of Art graduate and Elle Decoration’s ‘Name to Watch’, Sunny Todd, in his Ledbury studio. A highly skilled and passionate designer with years of teaching experience at all levels, Sunny will share his knowledge and enthusiasm for this addictive process. Suitable for absolute beginners or those with screen printing experience. With a maximum of only 4 students you will have the time and support to produce or develop your own patterns and leave with your own collection of printed textiles. Half day taster session weekend workshop, 9.30am-1pm. Includes materials and refreshments. One day weekend workshop, 10am- 5pm, £100. Includes materials, refreshments and lunch. Five week evening course, Mondays 6.30-9.30pm, £150. Includes materials and refreshments. Info www.sunnytoddprints.co.uk or 07527 048749.

CREATIVE BREAKS Learn a new skill and explore your creativity with experienced tutors. We offer a wide range of art and craft courses throughout the year:- Basketmaking, dyeing, spinning and weaving, earth ovens, glass fusing, green woodworking, hand and machine knitting, hedgerow medicine, jewellery, painting, photography, pottery, printmaking, rag rug making, stained glass, story telling, upholstery and woodworking. Visit our website: www.creativebreaks.co.uk for full details of our courses. Make it yourself - take it home - keep it, treasure it: give it with pride! GINN’S CREATIVE WORKSHOPS Fun, recreational art sessions for EVERYONE. Start painting, drawing, printing & textiles. Guided by Ginn with 25 years in teaching & inspiring art & design. PLUS Ginn’s School of Sewing Tel: 01432 760961 www.ginnscreativeworkshops.co.uk ART WORKSHOPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Free Art sessions, for 11-18 year olds. Wednesdays 4-6pm. With different art techniques by local artists. Teme Valley Youth Project, Wigmore. Email: youthtvyp1@yahoo.co.uk or call 01568 770110. PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKSHOPS With landscape photographer Rob Scamp. www.muddyslippers.co.uk GLASSBLOWING COURSES Experience the magic of glassblowing. Hay-on-Wye. www.glassgallery.co.uk May MID WALES ART CENTRE WORKSHOPS Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, near Newtown, 01686 688369. May ASSEMBLY ROOMS WORKSHOPS Sat - SmART, art and craft club for 8-14 years, 10.30am12.30pm, £35 per term. First Thurs every month - Ludlow Arts Society, talks and demonstrations, 7.30pm, £4. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 01584 878141. May EASTNOR POTTERY 1 June - Children’s pottery sessions ‘BFG’. 11.30am-1pm, 4-8yrs and 2-3.30pm, 9-12yrs. £15 per child. Family Pottery Fun in half term. Tues-Sat 10am-4pm. Projects start at just £5. 1, 15, 21, 22, May - Potter’s wheel day and weekend workshops, £120 day £215 weekend. Includes all materials, refreshments and lunch. Simply email admin@eastnorpottery. co.uk or tel 01531 633886 to book a space.

POP UP STONE CARVER Available for demonstrations, workshops, have a go sessions or childrens birthday parties. Can be from our workshop in Knucklas or at your own location. Stone and tools are all supplied and all ages catered for. Starting every Thursday - evening classes. Contact Lottie on 01547 528 792 or email her at info@stonecarving.co.uk May, June, July & August WORKSHOPS AT THE RODD 7 & 21 May - Book Arts with tutor, Pauline Lamont-Fisher. Learn key skills and how to create a variety of book structures, 10am-4pm, £40/day. 14 May - Walk and Draw with tutor Celia Johnson. Explore your response to the landscape of The Rodd, recording sights and sounds as Celia leads a guided silent walk, followed by drawing and mixed media workshop, 10am-4pm, £40/day. 21, 28 May, 7 June & 23 July - Print Studio Sessions with Mike Clements, £40/day. 26 & 27 May - Introduction to Plate Lithography with Gini Wade, suitable for beginners and those seeking to refresh skills, £80. 8-10 June - Developing Lithography with Gini Wade. For those moving on to work on stone or with colour, £120. 16 & 17 June - Japanese Woodblock Printmaking with Elspeth Lamb. An intensive class designed for those with some printmaking experience, £100. 27 - 29 July - Introduction to Photoploymer Etching with Laura Lillie, £135. 3 - 5 August - Wood Engraving with Peter Brown. Ideal for those who love drawing but are new to printmaking, £135. Sidney Nolan Trust, The Rodd, Presteigne, 01544 260149, www.sidneynolantrust.org

May WATERCOLOUR & COLLAGE With Mariette Voke. Learn simple techniques and take home your own framed picture. All provided. 6 May - From the Sewing Box. 1.30-4.30pm, £28. Trumpet Tearooms, near Ledbury, 07759 787046. May - Sept TEXTILE COURSES 14/15 May, 9/10 July, 13/14 Aug, 17/18 Sept - Informally Yours with Amanda Clayton, £650 for 10 sessions. 5 - 7 Aug - Personal Explorations with Bobby Britnell, £390 for 6 session course. 6 - 9 May - Making Outside Inside with Jan Miller, £195. 11 & 12 May & 12 & 13 Sept - From Parts to a Whole with Matthew Harris, £400 for 4 session course. 21 & 22 May - Sculptural Surfaces with Diane Bates, £130. 24 & 25 May - The View from Above with Alicia Merrett, £130. 9 - 12 June - Colour Extravaganza with Dye and Print with Ruth Issett, £260. 20 & 21 June - Creative Hand Beading with Anthea Godfrey, £130. Details bobby@bobbybritnell.co.uk CALLING ALL ARTISTS, CRAFTS PEOPLE AND MAKERS Ludlow Fringe Makers’ Market, running on 18 and 19 June, has a space for YOU in 2016. If you’re interested in booking a covered market stall to showcase and sell your work at this event, go to www.ludlowfringe.co.uk and download the application form. May - September THE BIG SKILL 2016 EVENTS Hands on creative and traditional crafts. 2 & 3 July - Hay Castle, Hay-on-Wye. 29 July - 6 Aug National Eisteddfod, Abergavenny. 25 Aug - Monmouth Show. 3 Sept - Pontardawe Festival. 10 - 18 Sept - Hereford Arts Week. Oct - H.energy weekend. Details: www.thebigskill.com

May CLASSES IN NEW RADNOR Spinning and Natural Plant Dyeing. An introductory course followed by individual dyeing sessions. Kantha and Boro. Explore the Japanese art of piecing and stitching of valuable indigo fragments and the colourful Indian tradition of quilting and stitching old fabrics. The RACF Workshop, Unti 1, Brookside Farm, New Radnor, 01544 260777, www.radnorshireartsandcraftsfoundation.org May FAMILY CRAFTS AT SHREWSBURY MUSEUM & ART GALLERY Hosted by the museum as part of a special centenary programme of events to mark the publication of Mary Webb’s first novel, The Golden Arrow. 21 May - Telling the Bees, 11am-3pm. Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery, The Square, Shrewsbury, SY1 1LH. Admission: £4 adults, £3.50 ages 5-7 years, students (with card) £3.60. For details contact 01743 258885 or see www.shrewsburymuseum.org.uk Sun 8 & Mon 9 May OPEN DAY Come down and learn about art and craft classes. The RACF Workshop, Unti 1, Brookside Farm, New Radnor, 11.30am-4.30pm, free, 01544 260777, www.radnorshireartsandcraftsfoundation.org Sat 14 & Sun 15 May RE-DRAWING BOUNDARIES A weekend entirely devoted to drawing with Allison Neal. Especially suited to graduates and emerging artists. The Print Shed, Swinmoor House, Madley, £165, 07796 673123 or email theprintshed@swinmoor.net Sat 14 May POINTED UNCIALS Calligraphy workshop in Medieval letterforms with tutor Joy Daniels. Monkland Village Hall 10-4pm. £18 members £21 visitors. 01544 327657 for details/booking. Marches Scribes.

ARTISTS & MAKERS AT THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS, PRESTEIGNE

Saturday 7th may 9.30AM-3.30PM LOCAL ARTISTs WORKING WITH WOOD, WOOL, STONE, silver and semi-precious stones, paper, paint and photography TEA & VEGAN CAKES

for details contact Rosamund 01544 260777

Sat 14 May LINO PRINTING WORKSHOP With Amanda Hillier. Suitable for people with no experience. Education Room, Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery, 10am-4pm, £45, all materials provided, 01743 258881. Sat 14 May MIXED MEDIA SKETCHBOOK Priory Hall, Much Wenlock, 10am-4pm, £85, lunch and refreshments provided, 01952 727952. Wed 18 & Wed 25 May STILL LIFE AND LIGHT At The Bleddfa Centre Hall Barn. Classes exploring composition and the effect of light on still life subjects. £45 for two sessions, £25 for single class. Beginners welcome, one to one tuition if needed, materials provided. Email hello@bleddfacentre.org, or telephone 01547 550377 (answerphone if unattended) or 0781 553 6777. Sat 21 May AN APPROACH TO ABSTRACTION THROUGH DRAWING AND PAINTING With Leigh Davis. A morning observational drawing and an afternoon of painting with demonstrations and tuition. Priory Hall, Much Wenlock, 10am-4pm, £95, lunch and refreshments provided, 01952 727952. Tues 24 May & Sat 11 June RAG RUG MAKING DAY WORKSHOP With Jenni Stuart-Anderson. Learning two techniques - Hooking and Progging. 24 May - Blue Ginger Gallery, Home End Farm, Stifford’s Bridge, Cradley, 10am-4pm, £55 including lunch. 11 June - Rose Tinted Rags, Textile Recycling & Arts Centre, Old Governors House, Hereford Country Bus Station, Union Walk, 10am-4pm, £44, children £18, 01568 750229.

CABINET MAKING - ANTIQUE RESTORATION KITCHENS / FREE STANDING KITCHENS JOINERY - GIFTS IN WOOD

GARETH GWATKIN

FORGE COTTAGE, EVENJOBB, PRESTEIGNE, POWYS, LD8 2SD

T: 01547 560150 M: 07884 231104

gareth@hiddenwren.co.uk www.hiddenwren.co.uk

Until Thurs 16 June JEWELLERY MAKING COURSE Make metal jewellery to your own design. Suitable for all levels with professional jeweller as tutor. Ludlow College, 5-8pm, £78, costs may be subject to change, 0800 032 1986, info, email enquiries@hlcollege.ac.uk Mondays APPLETREE KNITTING GROUP Studio 2, 15 Lower Galdeford, Ludlow. 2pm and 6pm supporting ‘Knit for Peace’. Donations of £2, 0845 548 5449. Wednesdays VISUAL ART WORKSHOPS For 11-16 year olds. Mortimer Enterprise Centre, Kings Meadow, Wigmore, 4-6pm, 01568 770110. Wednesdays POTTERY CLUB All ages and abilities. Materials and refreshments included. Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, near Newtown, 7-9pm, 01686 688369. Wednesdays KNITTING GROUP At the Workhouse Cafe, Presteigne, 2-4pm, 10% discount on food and drinks. All welcome, 01544 267864. Thursdays (4-6pm) VISUAL ART WORKSHOPS Designed to suit 11-16 year olds. Workshops run by enthusiastic volunteers from TVYP at Mortimer Enterprise Centre, Kings Meadow, Wigmore, HR6 9UX, 4-6pm. Workshops are free of charge. Tel: 01568 770110. Every Thursday STONE & LETTER CARVING Letter Carving with Will O’Leary and Stone Carving with Lottie O’Leary 7-9pm, £10, Upper House, Knucklas, Knighton, 01547 528792. www.stonecarving.co.uk Fridays AFTER SCHOOL ART CLUB For children aged 5 - 12 years. Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, near Newtown, 3.45-5.15pm, 01686 688369.

cinema YOUTH (15) Isolated in a glitzy Alpine spa, two aging but celebrated artists, musician Fred (Michael Caine) and screenwriter Mick (Harvey Keitel) muse on their physical woes, romantic regrets and much else besides. Other guests come and go including Fred’s neurotic daughter (Rachel Weisz), a snippy young actor (Paul Dano, MEEK’S CUTOFF), a wonderfully sweary older actress (Jane Fonda, magnificently cast) and popstress Paloma Faith playing herself to the max. As with his Oscar-winning THE GREAT BEAUTY and previous, rather underrated English-language film THIS MUST BE THE PLACE, writer/director Paolo Sorrentino, is less concerned with plot than creating a work of almost intoxicating sensuality, although watching Keitel and Caine at the top of their considerable game compounds the delight of this Palme d’Or-nominated masterpiece. All reviews by Mark Williams

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CONQUEST, BROMYARD

3 & 4 May TRUTH (15) 9 May NOBLE (15) 10 May BAFTA SHORTS 2016 (15) 11 & 12 May HOW TO BE SINGLE (15) 13 & 16 May HIGH-RISE (15) 16 & 17 May THE CLUB (18) 17 & 19 May DHEEPAN (15) 20 & 23 May SON OF SAUL (15) 24 May BLACK MOUNTAIN POETS (15) 27 & 28 May THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY (12A) 30, 31 May & 2 June EYE IN THE SKY (15) Details 01584 878141

6 May THE DRESSMAKER Conquest Theatre, Tenbury Rd, Bromyard. Details 01885 488575

BOOTH’S BOOKSHOP 1 May HIGH RISE (15) 6 - 8 May COUPLE IN A HOLE (15) 13 - 15 May BLACK MOUNTAIN POETS (15) 13 - 15 May MIDNIGHT SPECIAL (12A) 20 - 22 May EYE IN THE SKY (15) 20 & 22 May SON OF SAUL (15) 26 May LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP (U) 27 - 29 May FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) 1 June OUR LITTLE SISTER (PG) Richard Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye. Films every weekend. Full programme www.boothbooks. co.uk 01497 820322

COURTYARD, HEREFORD 3 & 5 May THE 39 STEPS (U) 3 - 5 May SUNSET SONG (15) 3 & 4 May THE DIVIDE (PG) 7 & 11 May MISS HOKUSAI (12A) 7 - 12 May EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) 9 - 11 May YOUTH (15) 13 - 19 May EYE IN THE SKY (15) 14 & 17 May ROCK THE KASBAH (15) 14 & 15 May ZOOTROPOLIS (PG) 16 & 17 May THE LADYKILLERS (PG) 19 May HICHCOCK / TRUFFAUT (12A) 20, 23 - 26 May TRUTH (15) 23, 25 & 26 May DISORDER (15) 24 & 26 May REMEMBER (15) 25 & 27 May RISEN (12A) 29, 31 May - 2 June LOUDER THAN BOMBS (15) 31 May - 2 June MILES AHEAD (15) Details 01432 340555

BRECON FILM SOCIETY 2 May CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT 6 June A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE 7.30pm start. Coliseum Cinema, Wheat St, Brecon. Membership enquiries 01874 623166

1 May TOM JONES (U) Knighton Community Centre 01547 520602 1 May THE LADY IN THE VAN (12) Knighton Community Centre 01547 520602

1 May FILMS AND RECOLLECTIONS OF LEOMSTER Playhouse Cinema, Leominster Community Centre 01568 616460 3 May DAD’S ARMY (PG) The Talbot Theatre, Whitchurch 01948 660660 3 May SUFFRAGETTE (12A) Lydbury North VH 01588 680302 4 May THE LADY IN THE VAN (12) Cardington VH 01694 771295 6 May THE MARTIAN (12A) The Simpson Hall, Burghill 01432 760816 6 May BROOKLYN (12A) Cound Guildhall 01743 761451 6 May THE LUNCHBOX (PG) Colwall VH 01684 540926 6 May THE BABADOOK (15) Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125 6 May THE LADY IN THE VAN (12) Staunton-on-Wye VH 01981 501031 6 May SPECTRE (12A) Fownhope New Memorial Hall 01432 860065 6 May BRIDGE OF SPIES (12A) Kelsall Methodist Hall 01829 752548 7 May SPECTRE (12A) Aston on Clun VH 01588 660545 7 May BROOKLYN (12A) Playhouse Cinema, Leominster Community Centre 01568 616460 9 May MINIONS (U) Welshpool Assembly Room 01938 552043 9 May SPECTRE (12A) Church Stretton School 01694 724330 9 May BRIDGE OF SPIES (12A) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 9 May THE LADY IN THE VAN (12) Welshpool Assembly Room 01938 552043 10 May BROOKLYN (12A) Garway VH 01600 750465 10 May THE CHOIR (BOYCHOIR) (PG) St Mary’s Church Hall, Ross-onWye 01989 720341 11 May THE LADY IN THE VAN (12) Hope Bowdler VH 01694 723648 11 May THE LADY IN THE VAN (12A) Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125 12 May THE LADY IN THE VAN (12) Claverley VH 01746 710528 13 May SPECTRE (12A) Great Witley VH 01299 896412 13 May THE LADY IN THE VAN (12) Bodenham Parish Hall 01568 797473 14 May SPECTRE (12A) Chapel Lawn VH 01547 530530 14 May HE NAMED ME MALALA (PG) Cawley Hall, Eye 01568 615836 14 May THE DANISH GIRL (15) Playhouse Cinema, Leominster Community Centre, 01568 616460 14 May THE LADY IN THE VAN (12) Lady Emily Hall, Tarrington 01432 890720

14 May SUFFRAGETTE (12A) Ripple Parish Hall 01684 592781 14 May WHAT WE DID ON OUR HOLIDAY (12A) Cleobury Mortimer Parish Hall 01299 270830 14 May SLOW WEST (15) Castlemorton Parish Hall 01684 833549 16 May HE NAMED ME MALALA (PG) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 17 May BRIDGE OF SPIES (12A) The Royal British Legion, Newport 07886 697934 18 May GRACE OF MONACO (PG) The Red House, Albrighton 01902 373854 18 May THE LADY IN THE VAN (12) Escleyside Hall 01981 510696 18 May 99 HOMES (15) Dorstone VH 01981 550943 19 May FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (2015) (12A) Grimley Peace Hall, Sinton Green 01905 641572 19 May SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE (U) Grimley Peace Hall, Sinton Green 01905 641572 19 May WOMAN IN GOLD (12A) Perton Civic Centre 20 May THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (12A) Hanley VH 01886 853195 20 May A WALK IN THE WOODS (15) The Talbot Theatre, Whitchurch 01948 660660 20 May THE MARTIAN (12A) Dilwyn Cedar Hall 20 May 45 YEARS (15) Clungunford Parish Hall 01588 660159 20 May THE ROCKET POST (12A) Shifnal VH 01952 462787 20 May SUNSET SONG (15) Whitchurch & Ganarew Memorial Hall 01600 890640 20 May SPECTRE (12A) Bosbury Parish Hall 01531 640415 21 May THE DANISH GIRL (15) Upton upon Severn Memorial Hall 01684 591044 21 May MISS YOU ALREADY (12A) Abermule Community Centre 01686 630240 21 May BROOKLYN (12A) Clun Memorial Hall 01588 640254 23 May STEVE JOBS (15) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 24 May SPOTLIGHT (15) The Talbot Theatre, Whitchurch 01948 660660 24 May THE BIGGER PICTURE Welshpool Assembly Room 01938 552043 26 May THE MARTIAN (12A) Goodrich VH 01600 890609 26 May THE LADY IN THE VAN (12) Much Birch Community Hall 01981 540097

TRUTH (15) Screenwriter James Vanderbilt (WHITE HOUSE DOWN) makes his directorial debut with this crisply fashioned thriller centred on George W. Bush’s military service record during the 2004 U.S. presidential campaign, which plainly sides with its protagonists, award-winning CBStv news producer Mary Mapes (Cate Blanchett, reliably riveting) and stentorian-voiced anchorman Dan Rather (Robert Redford, exuding twinkly gravitas). Tipped-off that Bush dodged his patriotic duty, Mapes and her team – keenly portrayed by Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace and Elizabeth Moss (MAD MEN’s Peggy Olson) – rush to establish the veracity of the allegations, if not to judgement. Initially cautious, Rather helps galvanise their resolve, but a fatal procedural flaw exposes doubts which ultimately undoes both Mapes and Rather, whilst implying that CBS’s owners caved in to political expedience. 28 May AMY (15) Cawley Hall, Eye 01568 615836 31 May THE LADY IN THE VAN (12) Loppington VH 01939 236240VILLL

FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE 13 May PALESTINE BLUES E xposing the motive behind Israel’s wall. Friends Meeting House, 21 King St, Hereford, 7.30pm, donations appreciated. Organised by Hereford Palestine Support Group herefordpsc@gmail. com

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Until 2 May GOD’S NOT DEAD 2 (PG) Until 2 May KUNG FU PANDA (PG) Until 5 May EYE IN THE SKY (15) 6 - 12 May THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY (12A) 13 - 26 May FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) 27 May - 2 June JUNGLE BOOK (PG) 30 May - 2 June SON OF SAUL (15) Details 01743 281281

PLAYHOUSE, LEOMINSTER 1 May FILMS AND RECOLLECTIONS OF LEOMINSTER 7 May BROOKLYN (12A) 14 May THE DANISH GIRL (18) 15 May THE DRESSMAKER (12A) 22 May STAR WARS THE FORCE AWAKENS (12A) 27 May ROOM (15) Leominster Festival. 3 June DIARY OF A LOST GIRL Wurlitza in concert. Part of Leominster Festival. 28 May ALUNA Part of Leominster Festival 01568 616460. Details Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 612583

REGAL CINEMA, TENBURY 2 & 3 May TRUTH 4 May HIGH RISE 6, 9 & 10 May BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE 11 May RISEN 16 & 17 May EDDIE THE EAGLE 20 & 21 May ZOOTROPOLIS 23 & 24 May THE HUNTSMAN WINTER’S WAR 25 May THE EYE IN THE SKY 28, 20 7 31 May THE JUNGLE BOOK 31 May & 1 June ASTERX AND OBELIX - MANTION OF THE GODS Regal Cinema, 47 - 49 Teme Street, Tenbury Wells. Details 01584 811442

THEATR HAFREN, NEWTOWN 25 May A LITTLE CHAOS (12) 1.30pm, £4 includes tea and cake. Details 01686 614555

WYESIDE, BUILTH WELLS 1, 2, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22 May, 3 - 5 June ZOOTROPOLIS (PG) 1 May MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 (ctbc) Until 3 May THE PASSING (YR YMADAWIAD) (ctbc) 1 - 12 May CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR (ctbc) 6 - 8, 10 - 12 May THE HUNTSMAN WINTER’S WAR (ctbc) 13 - 15, 17 & 18 May EYE IN THE SKY (15) 6 - 8, 10 - 12 May EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) 13 - 15 May RAMS (HRUTAR) (15) 13 - 15, 17 0 23 May, 3 - 4 June THE JUNGLE BOOK (ctbc) 13 - 15, 17 & 19 May BLACK MOUNTAIN POETS (15) 19 - 31 May, 1 & 2 June X-MEN: APOCALYPSE (ctbc) 20 - 26 May BAD NEIGHBOURS 2: SORORITY RISING (ctbc)

18 May FRANKENSTEIN Royal Opera House. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.15pm, 01982 552555. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.15pm, 01584 811442. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.15pm, 01584 878141. Richard Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye, 01497 820322.

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21 May FRANKENSTEIN The Royal Ballet. Playhouse Cinema, Leominster Community Centre, 01568 612583.

Following 2012’s Oscar nominated NO which focused on efforts to counter Pinochet’s abuses of power, the young, much acclaimed Chilean writer/director Pablo Larrain yet again courts controversy, yet again with his talented repertory company which includes Roberto Farais, Marcello Alonso, Alfredo Castro and his wife, Antonia Zeggers. A quiet seaside town shelters several disgraced priests including the doleful Father Vidal (Castro), tended by an apologist nun, Sister Monica (Zeggers). But when yet another fallen cleric arrives, a local fisherman (Farais) recognises him as the man who abused him as an altar boy and, almost literally, all hell breaks loose. A worried Vatican swiftly dispatches a ‘crises counsellor’, Father Garcia (Alonso), to calm things down but as is typical in Larrain’s work, the consequences are unexpected, and powerfully expedited. 27 - 31 May, 1 - 5, 7 - 9, 11, 12, 15 - 19 June, 9 & 10 July ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS (ctbc) 3 - 5, 10 & 12 June DEMOLITION (15) 10 - 12, 14 - 16, 23 June GOING IN STYLE (ctbc) Wyeside, Builth Wells 01982 552555 www.wyeside.co.uk

LIVE EVENTS ON SCREEN

7 May MEASURE FOR MEASURE The Globe Theatre, London. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, 01600 772467. 8 May THE RAILWAY CHILDREN York Theatre Royal & The National Railway Museum. Richard Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye, 01497 820322.

2 May THE RAILWAY CHILDREN York Theatre Royal & The National Railway Museum. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 2pm, 01982 552555.

8 May CARMAN Matthew Bourne. Playhouse Cinema, Leominster Community Centre, 01568 612583.

5 May JONAS KAUFMAN: AN EVENING WITH PUCCINI Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7pm, 01982 552555.

12 May MEASURE FOR MEASURE Globe Theatre recorded screening. Richard Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-onWye, 01497 820322.

5 May MONET TO MATISSE Exhibition on screen. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7pm, 01885 488575.

12 May A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE National Theatre live. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7pm, 01584 878141.

22 May FRANKENSTEIN Royal Opera House (ballet). Market Theatre, Ledbury, 2pm, 07967 517125. 25 May FRANKENSTEIN Royal Opera House (ballet). Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.15pm, 01885 488575. 25 May RENOIR: REVERED AND REVILED The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 6.45pm, 01982 552555. 26 May TEATRO ALLA SCALA: THE TEMPLE OF WONDERS Discover Arts. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 01584 811442. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281. 26 May THE CAR MAN Matthew Bourne’s Dance Company. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 6pm, 01982 552555.. 7 June TEATRO ALLA SCALA: THE TEMPLE OF WONDERS Discover Arts. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pmpm, 01982 552555. 8 June HAMLET Royal Shakespeare Company. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7pm, 01982 552555.

WORKSHOPS

Wednesdays INTERMEDIATE FILM MAKING The Courtyard, Hereford, 5-7pm, £70 per term, 01432 340555. Thursdays BEGINNER FILM MAKING CLUB Courtyard, Hereford, 5-7pm, £70 per term, 01432 340555.

STILL LIFE AND LIGHT

at The Bleddfa Centre Hall Barn Classes exploring composition and the effect of light on still life subjects.   Wed 18th and Wed 25th May 1 till 4pm.  Introductory rate of £45 for the two sessions, £25 for a single class.  Beginners welcome, one to one tuition if needed. Materials provided.

Further information call 0781 553 6777 Booking forms from hello@bleddfacentre.org or tel 01547 550377 (answerphone if unattended)

dance Dance Performance Sat 7 May SUKUMA SAMPAD presents TRIBHANGI DANCE THEATRE. Sukuma means ‘Stand Up’ in Swahili. A high-energy performance reflect their colourful African, contemporary, Afro-fusion and Bharatanatyam dance styles. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 8pm, £12/£8, 07967 517125. Arts Alive. Tues 17 May JUAN MARTIN ARTE FLAMENCO PURO A truly awe-inspiring guitarist, composer and musician brings a new flamenco programme of music, song and dance, direct from Spain. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £18/£17, 01432 340555. Tues 17 & Wed 18 May BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET The programme starts with Jessica Lang’s new ‘Wink’, a one-act ballet that captures the poetry of Shakespeare’s sonnets. then comes a series of excerpts from ‘Romeo and Juliet’, ‘The Dream’, ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ and ‘Othello’. With live accompaniment by the Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, Tues 7.30pm, Wed 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £26.50-£21.50, students £15.50. Sun 29 May AN AUDIENCE WITH NATALIE LOWE AND IAN WAITE The Strictly Come Dancing favourites will perform a dance showcase spectacular. The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, £25/£23.50, 01432 340555.

Dance Workshops

Single listings are free. Year round entries £40 Wed 18 May BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET Supplementary event - Class on Stage. Your chance to watch an open Company class on stage, 11.45am, £10. Pre-performance talk at 6.30pm, free to ticketholders. See Dance Performance. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281. Sat 11 June NORTH-WEST CLOG WORKSHOP Hosted by Crooked Steeple Morris, women dancers from Cleobury Mortimer. Ladies, come and dance to live music, it’s fun and free. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 1.30pm-3.30pm. CHARLESTON EXERCISE CLASSES (solo) 10am-11am: Ross Wednesdays, Monmouth Thursdays. EASY JIVE LESSONS (partner) 7.30pm: Caerleon Mondays, Lydney Wednesdays, Abergavenny Thursdays, all classes are for absolute beginners. Contact Lyn tel: 01594 833765 www.fodjiveandswing.co.uk

DANCE INTO JOY through Ecstatic Awakening Dance. A journey of breath, music and movement to shake up your energy, release stress and connect with your soul.... Barefoot dancing in a low light, taking you on your own personal journey. £10 a session - (drop-in)... Monthly classes for 2016: Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 2nd Wed for May only, then will be the 1st Wed each month from June onwards 7-9pm. Contact Caroline for more information and new classes: 07495 701777 danceintojoy15@ gmail.com or connect with me on Facebook through “Dance into Joy.” BELLY DANCE CLASSES WITH ALANYA OPEN LEVEL Mon - Lady Hawkins Community Leisure Centre, 7-8.30pm. Thurs - Bodenham Parish Hall, 7.30-9pm. £30 per 5 classes or £8 drop-in. For information and other classes visit www.alanyabellydance.com or call Abbie on 07962 161081. LEARN 2 JIVE BEGINNERS CLASSES Monday, 8-9pm, Bartestree Village Hall, Hereford, HR1 4BY. Tuesday, 8-9pm, Ludlow Assembly Rooms, SY8 1AZ. Tuesday, 8-9pm, Stretton Sugwas Village Hall, HR4 7PT. NEW - Wednesday, 8-9pm, Tenbury Pump Rooms, WR15 8BA. Wednesday, 8-9pm, Leigh & Bransford Memorial Hall, Malvern, WR13 5DE. Thursday, 8-9pm, Bishops Frome Community Centre, WR6 5AZ. Contact Matt or Sarah on 01989 750354 orinfo@coolmovesdance.co.uk www.coolmovesdance. co.uk Coolmoves Dance & Fitness for adults. CROOKED STEEPLE MORRIS Women’s North West Clog Dancers. New members welcome. No experience necessary. Monday evening, 7.45-9pm, Lacon Childe School, Cleobury Mortimer, DY14 8PE, £2.50 per session. Contact Linda or Nic 01746 718624, crookedsteeple@btinternet.com MELY’S ZUMBA Mon - Dorstone, 7pm. Tues - Zumba class at St Peter’s Centre, Peterchurch, 10am. Mely 01497 820991, 07837 160505. APPLETREE ORGANISATION Tues - Belly Dance for Beginners, 2pm, £25 for 6 sessions. Tues - Gym-Pan-Ze Rope & Trapeze for all, 5.30pm. Wed - Disco Dots, 10.30am, £3. Wed - Dance Crusaders for the over 50s, 2.30pm. Wed - Fuzion Dance, for ages 4 - adult, times from 4pm. Wed - All Tap Sessions for 7 to 12+, times from 4pm. Appletree Theatre, 15 Lower Galdeford, Ludlow, 07921 331764. Mon HEREFORD TANGO CLUB Regular tango classes at Breinton Village Hall HR47PJ, 7.30-10pm, £6. Details Jim 07977 541446, email tango4jim@aol.com or Hilda 07768 543660. Mon SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING Join an enthusiastic adult group on Monday evenings to learn how to dance jigs, reels and Strathspeys at Llanelwedd School Hall, Builth Wells from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. £2 per session (first free). No need to bring a partner. Beginners and experts welcome. 01982 570324/01544 350707. Mon BREAKDANCE With 2Faced Dance Company. 4-5pm 4-7 year olds, 5-6pm. 7-11 year olds, 6.15-7.15pm 11+ year olds. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 276807.

Mon RIPPLERS DANCE CLASSES For 8-11 year olds. With Powys Dance. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 4.45pm, £2-£3.50, 01982 552555. Mon YOUTH DANCE CLASSES For ages 11 and over. With Powys Dance. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 5.45pm, £2-£3.50, 01982 552555. Tues DANCE @ THE COURTYARD Contemporary Dance for Adults 6.30-7.30pm. Junior Youth Dance for ages 7-11 4.15-5.15pm, Senior Youth Dance for ages 12-18 5.15-6.15pm, 01905 611199. Tues LEARN TO JIVE Fun, easy to learn and no partner/ experience needed. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £5, 01989 750354. Weds CIRCLE DANCING Leominster Community Centre 2.00-3.30pm All welcome, £4 per session. Transition Leominster 01568 620180. Thurs, Fri & Sat MID WALES DANCE ACADEMY Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 01874 623219. Thurs URBAN DANCE CLUB WITH 2FACED DANCE COMPANY Ages 7-11 years 4-5pm, ages 11+ 5-6pm. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 01584 813711. Fri CHANCE TO DANCE A gentle programme of creative dance for the over 50s. The Courtyard, Hereford, 10.15am-11.15pm, £3.50 per session, 01432 340555. Fri DANCING TOTS Drop-in sessions. No need to book. The Courtyard, Hereford. 11.30am-12.15pm, £4, £1 for an additional child, 01432 340555.

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The Red Lion, Knighton

OOR old Knighton is an English town in Wales which Mr Pernickety first visited over 30 years ago when he was a lusty young hiker – doing the Dyke, as they say in Rambler Speak. He perceived, even in his youthful naivety, that here was a town abandoned by progress and struggling to find a rasion d’etre in the late 20th century. After a day on the uplifting uplands between Kington and Knighton, Mr P stumbled into what had clearly been adopted as Knighton’s new right to exist in the form of the Offa’s Dyke Centre for when the Offa’s Dyke Long-distance path was opened in 1971, the town which stands on the mid-point of the path, identified a chance to generate profits from the hordes of hungry, high-rolling urban ramblers that would stream through the place. In the event, they have had to cater for a trickle of trampers of thrifty, and generally dorkish disposition (Mr P to a T), which has not proved such a rich seam of tourist income. Only a few nooks and corners of pre-Victorian charm remain, while its chief gift to the local population seems to be housing where the rents are not, as Mr P’s old friend the Rat-catcher would say, too exuberant. It is not even one of those ancient Marcher townships in which old hippies choose to die. It is, therefore, a town underprovided with outstanding eating opportunities, an unlikely hunting ground for adventurous gourmands. On the other hand, reports had trickled through from brocante trading colleagues of Mr P’s Lovely Companion that a former pub in the middle of Knighton has been bought and had new life breathed into to it. On the way home from a bracing trip to Devil’s Bridge, Mr P and his party stopped in Knighton to see what had been achieved at the Red Lion Hotel, just down the road from the Offa’s Dyke centre in West Street. Frankly, the exterior of the Red Lion is not promising, to the point where a former inmate of Wormwood Scrubs might have felt he was coming home. Constructed of dark red engineering brick with chunky hewn stone coins, its 19th century builder sought perhaps to give the place a sense of reassuring solidity rather than light-hearted glamour. The enthusiastic new proprietors, Neil and Charlotte Taylor, must be commended for their vision and supreme optimism in taking it on. However, they did, they bought the pub which had been closed since 2009, and re-opened last autumn. Mr Pernickety must report that against quite discouraging odds, it looks as if the Taylors are making a go of the place. The most impressive thing on entering this externally gloomy bastille of a boozer is the amount of light they have managed to encourage inside by opening up the whole ground floor into one big space. The LC’s eyes lit up at once. It was hard to imagine that one was in the same building. Tastefully Farrowed and Balled in Autumn Toadstool, with a wall of exposed stone and brick around an efficient wood-burner, the large room is floored in lovely oak boards and furnished with genuine, well run-in furniture, with not a stick of beastly pub suppliers’ catalogue stuff in sight: old tables lightly refreshed are surrounded

by auction room chairs saved from their final journey to the kindling yard, tidied up and continuing to lead a useful life, in a setting just the way Mr P enjoys. From the first, Mr Taylor’s enthusiasm for his (Mr P guesses, new) vocation is engaging and trust-inspiring. He seems to have paid great attention to every aspect of his new venture, like the beers, Hobson’s Best as the permanent staple, alongside visitors from Monty’s and the Wye Valley Brewery. His wines, sourced quite sensibly from Majestic’s trade list, is, in the light of two choices made, sensible, to the point and not too long. Food is served in various ways at different times, including the now-ubiquitous Tapas, 4 for £12.50, all day until 7pm (later on Tuesdays). There are a few £10 options for lunch and sharing platters at lunch time. In the evening there is a more elaborate and expensive menu, featuring the Cordon Bleu skills of Mrs Taylor. Mr P, the LC and the Children’s menu consultant shared two starters, Chickpea Fritters (3 at £5.50) and Crispy Whitebait with Garlic Mayo (£6). The tiddly fish had been lightly fried, and the CMC had no qualms about eating every bit of them. The fritters were like good onion bahjis, but with chick peas, not onions – good taste, interesting texture. For a main course, the CMC had his first try at Pan Fried Rainbow Trout with Dauphinoise Potatoes (£14). He tackled it from the skin side, and thought it too dry, but Mr P advised him to turn it over, when he nodded with enjoyment, though he didn’t feel the potatoes were ‘sloppy’ enough. Mr P who is keen on trying out mutton dishes, chose a Lancashire Hot-Pot with Mutton and Mutton Suet Dumplings. It consisted of some excellent al dente vegetables, two tasty dumplings and some succulent strongly flavoured chunks of mutton, but not enough of them either to satisfy a healthy appetite, or to justify a price tag of £16. The LC encountered, by no means for the first time the difficulty of ordering, and being served a rare steak. Without reverting to her ancestral Australian terminology: “Just pull its horns out and wipe its ass”, she nevertheless mentioned to the attentive Mr Taylor more than once that she wanted her Ribeye Steak in Green Peppercorn Sauce definitely rare. At £15, she wasn’t expecting a large hunk of meat, but this was a distinctly slender slice, which probably needed no more than a minute on each side. It was served not far short of ‘well-done’. The LC responded with quick moue of disappointment, but agreed with Mr

P, after he had tasted it, that it was at least good piece of meat, and the green pepper sauce was delicious. A short foray into the pudding menu led to a decision to let the CMC sample a serving of Spotted Dick and Home Made Custard (£6). He liked it a lot, and so did Mr P, who ate half of it. He imagines that the other two puddings were just as well produced. So, there were some cavils, but the main thing is that Mr P and party enjoyed their evening very much; good advice was offered over wines; Mr Taylor, if he is new to the game, is getting his front of house right; if he isn’t, he hasn’t lost his enthusiasm for the job. Similarly, Charlotte Taylor is clearly making a good fist of the cooking, but Mr P guesses she was busier than she’d expected to be on the Wednesday evening his party went, which would explain the overcooked steak. She clearly can and wants to cook well, and Mr P would recommend giving the Red Lion at least a couple tries to allow them to get into their stride. The ambience is charming, and Mr P was particularly delighted not see on the menu a hint of a 95p, which is such an insult to a punter’s intelligence, but he also feels that they might rein in the prices by about 20% to be accessible to a wider range of appreciative customers. A brisker throughput would pay for more help in the kitchen, and still leave a margin. www.misterpernickety.com

EVENTS

Sun 1 May FOOD AND BEER FESTIVAL Grand Pavilion, Llandrindod Wells, 01597 258118. Fri 6 May TASTE THE HILLS COOKERY COURSE Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 01588 676060. Sat 14 & Sun 15 May LUDLOW SPRING FOOD FESTIVAL Over 180 real ales, plus cider, perry and wine. 150+ classic cars, 80+ exhibitors and live music all weekend. Inside Ludlow Castle, www.ludlowspringfestival.co.uk £1 off full paying adult when booking online or phone using code SHEEP, 01584 873957. Thurs 26 May - Sun 5 June THE MENAGERIE CAFE BAR Moo and Two and The Whole Cheese are in the Castle for the festival and, with the bar are open daily from 11am until late. They feature excellent wines, ales and ciders, plus amazing cocktails, coffee and organic artisan cheese platters. Hay Castle, Hay-on-Wye. May OLD MILL, LLANIDLOES 6 May - Tapas Night, 6-9pm. 22 May - Roast Dinner, 12-3pm. 28 May - Skank Reggae Party with Caribbean food, 5pm. 12 May - Brewing Club meeting, 8pm. Old Mill, Llanidloes, 01686 412008. First Saturday of every month PRESTEIGNE LOCAL FOOD MARKET Memorial Hall Presteigne, 9am-1pm. The best collection of artisan food producers in the area. First Saturday of every month FARMER’S MARKET The Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 9am-1pm. 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month KNIGHTON COMMUNITY MARKET With live music a regular feature in the cafe. Knighton Community Centre, 9.30am-12.30pm, 07751 221487. 3rd Saturday of every month FARMER’S MARKET Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 01588 630023. 3rd Saturday of every other month PRODUCE MARKET Hightown Community Rooms, Vicarage Rd, Clun, 10am-2pm, 01588 641145.

Every Wednesday PIE NIGHT Pie, peas, potatoes and a drink, £10, Oxford Arms, Kington. Every Thursday BURGER NIGHT Castle Inn, Wigmore, 01568 770203. Every Thursday SURF & TURF NIGHT Scampi & Steak plus a drink, £10, Oxford Arms, Kington. Every Friday MARKET Bread, cakes, crafts, fruit and vegetables, baskets and pottery. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 10am-2pm. Every Friday KINGTON LOCAL PRODUCE/CRAFTS MARKET Market Hall, Kington, 9am-1pm, 07867 483135.

FOOD BYTES

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AARDVARK BOOKS LTD, THE BOOKERY, MANOR FARM, BRAMPTON BRYAN, BUCKNELL 01547 530888 Cafe serving refreshments, cakes etc. Open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm. THE CIDER BARN IN PEMBRIDGE 01544 388161 www.the-cider-barn.co.uk Serving the best that Herefordshire growers produce in imaginative and inspired dishes cooked by Sophie Griffiths-Goddard the young chef patron. Full à la carte menu and lunchtime specials. THE GREEN BEAN CAFE, WEOBLEY 01544 318865 Good, locally sourced, homemade food. Soups, all day light lunches, cakes and scones. Set in the heart of Weobley. Free wifi. Mon-Fri 9.30am-4.30pm, Sat 10am4pm. With The Green Bean Shop/Deli under the same roof. THE OLD STATION TEA ROOM, THE OLD RAILWAY STATION, NEW RADNOR, LD8 2SS 01544 350543. Visit us at the Old Station Caravan Park for hot drinks and homemade cakes. Superb views and free Wi-Fi. We can cater for small groups, meetings and other events. Accommodation also available. Open daily 9am-5pm, 1st March-31st October. The India & China Tea Company at TOWER HOUSE GALLERY, HIGH STREET, KNIGHTON 01547 529530 www.towerhousegallery.blogspot.co.uk/ We serve homemade soups, breads and cakes, Italian blend coffee and over 30 different varieties of leaf tea. Wednesday to Saturday. 9.30 to 5.00, (Sun, Mon & Tues - CLOSED). Open Sundays, POLLY’S TEAROOM / GALLERY At the foot of The Narrows, Knighton 01547 528591 eves Light lunches, cakes, a variety of teas and coffees. Selection of original paintings. Open all week except Thursdays and Fridays 11am-5pm Summer, 11am-4pm Winter. THE WORKHOUSE CAFE, INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PRESTEIGNE 01544 267864 Cafe, gallery, light lunches, good coffee, homemade cakes. Tues - Sat 10am - 4pm. RHOS MARKET GARDEN, KNIGHTON 01547 528315 Growers & providers of organic veg, fruit & flowers. Old Garage Shop, Knighton. Tues-Sat. Free parking, opposite library. Friday morning market stall in Presteigne. Veg boxes delivered to local area weekly. Restaurant orders welcome. info@rhosorganic.co.uk www.rhosorganic.co.uk

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MAY Sun 1 May COLIN HAY (Men at Work). Master songwriter and hilarious storyteller. Also playing will be local bands and Jackie Clune, star of Billy Elliott and Mamma Mia to name but a few. Local foods and drinks for sale. The gardens of Kentchurch Court, Pontrilas, 1-7pm. Tickets etc: www.bangbangproductions.co.uk STAR OF THE SEA Housmans Cafe Bar, Church Stretton, 7.30pm, 01694 724441. TERRI BRAMAH & STEVE PAYNE The Queen’s Head Hotel, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767. MAY DAY SPRING SALE Antiques, art, books, china, gifts, linens, music, objet d’art, pictures and more. Cafe. Bleddfa Centre, 11am, 01547 550377. ANCIENT TO MODERN MOTOCYCLE SHOW Withington Village Hall, Hereford, 10.30am-4pm, free. JAY & WILL Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm.

THE HYPE Malthouse, Ironbridge. WHISKEY RIVER BOYS Martin and Aidan play their varied and vibrant mix of music. The Tram, Eardisley, 8pm, free. MONTERAY JACK & THE MALCONTENEF The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. EASTNOR CHILLI FESTIVAL Live music, bars, hot food, children’s cookery school, chilli eating competition and more. Eastnor Castle, near Ledbury, 11am, £10.50 adults, child £7, family £28, www.eastnorcastle.com

Mon 2 May LIONSTOCK WEEKEND A mini music festival in the gardens of the Lion Hotel, Leintwardine. Top local bands, food, bar and more. www.lionstock.co.uk

THE ZEN HUSSIES Swing, stomp and boogie, the horn heavy Hussies will have even the most troubled of feet flailing on the dance floor. Plus DJ André Voiture Rouge. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 8pm, £12 tickets from Courtyard Antiques, Presteigne or 01544 267163. Full Circle gig.

CRICKHOWELL CHORAL SOCIETY MUSIC FESTIVAL Love duets and arias by Mozart, Mendelssohn and more. St Catwg’s Church, Llangattock, 3pm, £8 on the door.

CLUN GREEN MAN FESTIVAL Featuring the Rhythm Thieves. White Horse Inn, Clun.

MICHAEL CHAPMAN On tour celebrating his 75th birthday and 50 years on the road. With Sarah Smout on cello. Duke’s Arms, Presteigne, 8.30pm, £6.

CRICKHOWELL CHORAL SOCIETY MUSIC FESTIVAL Programme includes Handel. St Edmund’s Church, Crickhowell, 7pm, £15, students free, 01873 810935. KRIS DOLLIMORE Prince of Wales, Ledbury.

WYE VALLEY RIVER FESTIVAL Wye Serai at Ross. Celebrating water, life, rivers, seas and more, 01600 710844, www.wyevalleyaonb.org.uk

ANNUAL VINTAGE TRACTOR RALLY Hampton Court, near Leominster, www.hamptoncourt.org.uk

OPEN DAY Belmont Abbey, Hereford, 10am-4.30pm, free guided tours, 01432 374747. CIDER CITY JAZZMEN The Barrels, St Owen’s St, Hereford, 01432 274968.

WYE VALLEY RIVER FESTIVAL A river A & E ambulance tests the river’s health. Lydbrook and Bishopswood during the day, free. Sound installation by Dan Fox at Redbrook, free. 01600 710844, www.wyevalleyaonb.org.uk BRIMFIELD FOLK CLUB Brimfield Village Hall, Brimfield, near Ludlow, 8pm, 01584 711854. JAZZ @ SPARKIES BAR Featuring Mark Latimer and Steve Tarner. Sparkies Bar, 18 West St, Leominster, 8pm, free, 01568 610060. EASTNOR CHILLI FESTIVAL See 1 May for details.

Tues 3 May WYE VALLEY RIVER FESTIVAL Events at venues between Hereford and Chepstow until 15 May. Further details www.wyevalleyaonb.org.uk LUNCHTIME ORGAN CONCERT Hereford Cathedral, 1.15-2pm. LIONSTOCK WEEKEND See 2 May for details.

Wed 4 May WYE VALLEY RIVER FESTIVAL Events at venues between Hereford and Chepstow until 15 May. Further details www.wyevalleyaonb.org.uk THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke, 8pm, free, donations.

Thurs 5 May LIVE MUSIC The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 01952 610888. OPEN MIC All instruments provided. Kings Head, Tenbury Wells. WYE VALLEY RIVER FESTIVAL Events at venues between Hereford and Chepstow until 15 May. Further details www.wyevalleyaonb.org.uk

STEVE GIBBONS BAND Assembly Rooms, Ludlow.

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OVERTON ON DEE BLUES ROOTS AND REAL ALE FESTIVAL Featuring Jo Harman, Leo ‘Bud’ Welch with Johnny Hewitt, The Revolutionaires, Robin Bibi Band, Rumblestrutters, Steve ‘Pablo’ Jones. Village Hall, Overton on Dee, 7.30pm, £25, weekender £30, camping/caravan site, food stalls, 01978 710413, www.hookerblues.co.uk AUTHENTIC DJS The Old Mill, Llanidloes, 8pm. FOLK IN THE FOYER Featuring Winter Wilson. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, 01885 488575. NEW TRICKS Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford. THE ROBIN BB BAND From London. The Vaults, Crown & Anchor, Bishop’s Castle. DYNAMITE DICK BAND The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

Fri 6 May THE FREEZE Malthouse, Ironbridge. OVERTON ON DEE BLUES ROOTS AND REAL ALE FESTIVAL Featuring The Big Beat, Babajack and Sunjay. Village Hall, Overton on Dee, 7.30pm, £10, weekender £30, camping/caravan site, food stalls, 01978 710413, www.hookerblues. co.uk THE RONALDOS White Horse Inn, Clun. EX CATHEDRA CONCERT ‘Shakespeare Odes’. An evening celebrating the birthday of William Shakespeare. Hereford Cathedral, 7.30pm, £30-£10 tickets from Cathedral shop. NIKKI ROUS Egos, Quality Square, Ludlow. ALIVE AND BREL Featuring the iconic songs of Jacques Brel. Studio Theatre, The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, £12/£10, 01432 340555. THE FUTURES Rock and pop covers. Golden Cross Inn, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford. WYE VALLEY RIVER FESTIVAL Street performances in Monmouth town centre during the day, free. Details www.wyevalleyaonb.org.uk 01600 710844. KEENO Also featuring Krakota and Ruthless MC. The Venue, Gaol St, Hereford, 10pm-4am, £6 advance, £8 on the door, www.medschoolmusic.com

XL’S Stag, Llanidloes. FRIDAY FOLK The Unicorn, Ludlow. OSBORNE AND AFTER WORDS AND PLAYS FESTIVAL LAUNCH Featuring the first screening of ‘The Angriest Man Under the Sun?’ in which local people remember Osborne and his life at the Hurst. The John Williams Trio, smooth hip 1950s jazz. Iron Your Thoughts with Mellie Lewis. Art, words and plays and lots more. Clun Memorial Hall, 4-7pm, free, all welcome, bar and refreshments available, www.osborneandafter.org PAUL PARKER AND ALL THE RIGHT FRIENDS The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. JAZZ @ THE OLD BLACK LION Featuring Simon Deeley and Dayne Cranenburg, piano and double bass. Black Lion, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 820841. CLAIRE JONES Internationally renowned virtuoso harpist. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £14/£12, 01743 281281.

Sat 7 May THE JENTS Malthouse, Ironbridge. EILAN QUARTET Programme includes Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Faure and Debussy. St Michael’s and All Angels Church, Cwmdu, 7.30pm, £12, 01874 730263. NEW TRICKS Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

ECHO TOWN Vibrant and energetic performance, contemporary freedom songs and use of instruments such as lap-slide guitar, djembe, didgeridoo and harmonica. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £5, 01497 821762. THE DARKSIDE Pink Floyd tribute band. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 8pm, £17, 01600 719401. ROY JOHNSON QUARTET Sax-led jazz. Saturday Cafe, The Courtyard, Hereford, 12-2pm, free. THE ELIAN QUARTET Programme includes Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Faure and Debussy. St Michael & All Angels Church, Cwmdu, 7.30pm, £12 from Abergavenny Music, Ardent Gallery Brecon, Haymakers Gallery, Hay-onWye or on the door, 01874 730263. DOMINIC KIRWAN With son Barry Kirwan, a talented singer and musician in his own right. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, 01874 611622. COMMEMORATING NAKBA WEEK Vigil in High Town, Hereford, 11am-1pm, meet near The Bull 11am. Organised by Hereford Palestine Support Group herefordpsc@gmail.com KASAI MASAI Dance rhythms of Congolese Soukous performed live. Community Centre, Knighton, £10 tickets in advance from Tower House Gallery, Knighton or 07751 221487, £12 on the door, includes homemade soup. www.knightoncommunitycentre.com.

An invitation to

KNUCKFEST 2016 PS ,W SE E E PE YO AK U E IN D T 20 O 17 O E ! AR

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Saturday June 4th from 12pm FREE, LIVE AND OPEN ARTS FESTIVAL

on Knucklas Castle (Community Land Project)

Painting, sculpture, land art, woodworking, stone carving, installations, ‘table in the round’, music, fire, film, singing and dancing, food, tea and cakes, bar. Camping on the hill. All artists and musicians, indeed everyone is welcome to come and ‘create’ work on site over the weekend. Some materials will be provided. Free entry, donations welcome for ‘Knucklas Castle Community Land Project’. Shares and info about project are available at

www.knucklascastle.org.uk

Thurs 12 May FOCUS WALES 2016 Multi-venue festival with a spotlight firmly on the emerging talent that Wales has to offer. With 200+ bands, 20 stages and three days of sessions and events. Wrexham, www.focuswales.com TIME DIVERS Blues, swing and rock classics. The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 01952 610888.

The Fureys

Sat 7 May NICE ‘N’ SLEAZY Live rock. Kings Head, Tenbury Wells. OPEN MIC Ledbury Community Hall, 7pm, £5, bring a bottle, 01531 632968. WILL KILLEN BAND Bell Inn, Etnam St, Leominster. SKINNY SPARROW The Plough, Whitecross Rd, Hereford. WYE VALLEY RIVER FESTIVAL A daytime Wye Serai will lead to an evening show. Monmouth, free, 01600 710844, www.rivercarnival.org

Sun 8 May VINCENT FLATS FINAL DRIVE The Barrels, St Owen St, Hereford, 4pm. BRECON JAZZ CLUB Featuring Sarah Smith Trio, gypsy jazz, violin and guitars. Cafe Jazz, 21 St Mary’s St, Cardiff, 6.30pm, £5, 02920 387026. FOLK SESSION Arvon Ale House, Temple St, Llandrindod Wells, 4pm, 07477 627267. DAVE ONIONS Prince of Wales, Ledbury. FIZZI Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm. THE HEAVY QUARTET The Queen’s Head Hotel, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767. CONCERT ORCHESTRA DE CYMRU Programme includes Mozart, Bach, Elgar and Jenkins. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, 01874 611622.

CARDUCCI STRING QUARTET: III With Simon Callaghan on piano. Programme includes Beethoven, Dvorak and Schubert. Concord College, Acton Burnell, near Shrewsbury, 3pm, £16.50, 01694 731631.

KARAOKE The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. THE FUREYS Legends of Irish music and song. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £19.50/£18.50, 01432 340555.

Mon 9 May PUB QUIZ Bell Inn, Etnam St, Leominster. JAZZ @ SPARKIES BAR Featuring Mark Latimer and Steve Tarner. Sparkies Bar, 18 West St, Leominster, 8pm, free, 01568 610060.

Tues 10 May FATS WALLER IN LOVE Enjoy vintage vocals and classic jazz with Janice Day & Martin Litton. A jazz cabaret exploring the love life of the famous singing pianist. St Mary’s Church, St Mary’s Rd, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5EB. 7:30pm £10. www.littonandday.com. LUNCHTIME ORGAN CONCERT Hereford Cathedral, 1.15-2pm.

Wed 11 May THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke, 8pm, free, donations. BURUM Jazz special. The Queen’s Head Hotel, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767. ROY JOHNSON QUINTET With Hannah Naomi. Housmans Cafe Bar, Church Stretton, 8pm, 01694 724441. OPEN MIC Hosted by Mark and Jill from the Rhythm Thieves. White Horse Inn, Clun. BURUM Jazz special. Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767.

GERRY CROSS THE MERSEY: GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS A musical journey through the life and times of one of our greatest 60s icons, Gerry Marsden. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £19.50, 01432 340555.

Fri 13 May COCO AND THE BUTTERFIELDS Colourful, energetic and crowd-stomping, they express the intimate vibrancy of a village folk fair with powerful vocal melodies and an undercurrent of driving beat-box. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 8pm, £12 tickets from The Workhouse or Courtyard Antiques Presteigne or www.wegottickets.com FAT CHANCE Dun Cow, Shrewsbury. THE JIVE ACES Jive and swing band. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, 01874 611622. JAMES HICKMAN Egos, Quality Square, Ludlow. OPEN MIC Band-based open mic, drums and bass provided. Hosted by Rhythm Thieves. Sun Inn, Leintwardine, 8pm, TROY REDFERN The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £5, 01497 821762. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG Day Level, Val Littlehales and The Men from Off of an evening of entertainment. All profits to Amnesty International and MacMillan Nurses. Town Hall, Bishop’s Castle, 8pm, £10, 01588 630023. ACOUSTIC NIGHT With Chris Rust. The Old Mill, Llanidloes, 8pm. THE DELRAY ROCKETS Fuel-injected rockabilly. Kings Head, Tenbury Wells. JAZZ @ THE OLD BLACK LION Featuring Dave Price and Dayne Cranenburg, piano and double bass. Black Lion, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 820841. THE VOICE NIGHT Team Will.I.Am featuring Scott and Vicki and Tom Rickets. Golden Cross Inn, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

Fri 13 May

MICE IN A MATCHBOX Acoustic folk and pop. Kings Head, Tenbury Wells.

BANDICOOTS The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. JAZZ @ THE BONDED WAREHOUSE Featuring The Nick Dewhurst Band. The Bonded Warehouse, Canal St, Stourbridge, 7.30pm, £7 adults, £3.50 students, on the door. CATCH 22 Stag, Llanidloes. FOCUS WALES 2016 See 12 May for details. www.focuswales.com GOLD ROOM Malthouse, Ironbridge. A VISION OF ELVIS Celebrating all the music of Elvis. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £21/£19, 01432 340555.

Sat 14 May CAERSWS ROMAN FESTIVAL Slide show, craft sessions for children, historical display, historical trail and quiz, refreshments. The Hall, Caersws. KIN STRIFE Bell Inn, Etnam St, Leominster. DAVID HAMILTON’S ROCK & ROLL YEARS Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, 01584 811442. THIS WAY UP Malthouse, Ironbridge.

BOWLED OVER

Shropshire Hills Art Week Open studio and gallery at Upper House, Knucklas

4th to 12th June Lottie O’Leary stone carvings Jessica Jackson sculptural lighting Jane Farrington painter

01547 528 792

Sarah Smith & Will Barnes SARAH SMITH & WILL BARNES Superb violin and guitar duo playing swing, jazz and more. Saturday Cafe, The Courtyard, Hereford, 12-2pm, free. FOCUS WALES 2016 See 12 May for details. www.focuswales.com WILLOW ROBINSON The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £4, 01497 821762. AN EVENING OF BRITPOP Featuring The Oasis Experience plus DJ set from Eighteen Rabbit. The Tabernacle, Talgarth, 7.30pm, £3, www.thetabernacle.co.uk WORRIED MEN Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford. THE BOLT HOLE JAZZ Featuring Jim Mullen Trio. Leasowes Bank Farm, Ratlinghope, 8pm, 01743 790903.

WYE VALLEY RIVER FESTIVAL Wye Serai. Fire torches and musicians converge at the river’s edge. Landogo, daytime and evening, free, 01600 710844, www.wyevalleyaonb. org.uk THE LLANFAIR SINGERS A fundraising concert to help the hungry and those in crisis. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 7.30pm, £10 includes wine. Tickets from Tower House Gallery, Knighton or Winnies, Presteigne or on the door. Promoted by www.knightonfoodbank.co.uk TEA PARTY AT KINNERSLEY CASTLE To honour the Queen’s 90th birthday. Musical entertainment by mezzo-soprano Melanie Page, plus an array of sandwiches, patisseries, tea/coffee and a glass of bubbly. The Great Hall, Kinnersley Castle, Kinnersley, near Eardisley, 3-5pm, £15, 01544 327686 or 07789 647025. All ticket price will go to restorations in both Church and Castle. THE LUDLOW ORCHESTRA St Laurence’s Church, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £10 from Ludlow Assembly Rooms, online or at the door, 01584 878141, www.ludloworchestra.co.uk

Wed 18 May

South African Gospel Choir

HELLEN’S MUSIC 2016 Five-day celebration of music and listen to world-class musicians perform, inspire local children and teach talented students from the best music colleges in England. Christian Blackshaw (piano), Maya Iwabuchi and Markus Daunert (violin), Mate Szucs (viola), Bruon Delepelaire (cello), Waldemar Schwiertz (double bass), students from the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Hellens & St Bart’s Church, Much Marcle, £17, students £5, free access to all masterclasses, www.hellensmusic.com, 01531 660504 or 01432 340555. THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke, 8pm, free, donations.

Sat 14 May SON OF YODA The Plough, Whitecross Rd, Hereford. KINGTON CHORAL SPRING CONCERT Karl Jenkins’ mass for peace ‘The Armed Man’ and John Rutter’s ‘Requiem’ with the Pax Musica orchestra and guest conductor James Davies. St Mary’s Church, Kington, 7.30pm, £12, under 18s free, tickets from Courtyard Antiques Presteigne, George’s Deli Kington, Village Stores Eardisley or online www.kingtonchoral. org.uk HILLBILLIES Stag, Llanidloes. SOUTH AFRICAN GOSPEL CHOIR UK Their repertoire encompasses traditional, popular and somethimes even classical pieces, performing a cappella or with instruments. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £18.50/£17.50, 01432 340555.

Sun 15 May WYE VALLEY RIVER FESTIVAL Grand Finale. Includes an evening performance of the Wye Serai; a river shaped fire sculpture, lanterns in the woods and water stories. Chepstow Racecourse, evening, free, 01600 710844, www.wyevalleyaonb.org.uk ANDREW MORRIS Piano. Programme includes Schumann, Carl Vine and Mussorgsky. Lion Ballroom, Leominster, 3pm, £12, students £6 from Roundabout Stationery, Leominster or 01568 589169. NIKKI ROUSE Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm.

FORTY BLUE TOES Prince of Wales, Ledbury.

LIVE MUSIC The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. DAN JAMES The Queen’s Head Hotel, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767. DANNY DRIVER Programme includes Beethoven’s ‘Hammerklavier’ together with lighter fare by Handel, Chopin and British composer, Thomas Ades. Courtyard, Hereford, 2.30pm, £18.50/£15.50, students £6, under 16s £4, 01432 340555.

Mon 16 May JAZZ @ SPARKIES BAR Featuring Mark Latimer and Steve Tarner. Sparkies Bar, 18 West St, Leominster, 8pm, free, 01568 610060. MATTHEW SCOTT ‘From Bach to Today’. Clarinet. The Lion Hotel, Shrewsbury, 1-2pm, £6, 25s and under £3, 18s and under £1, 01743 353107.

Tues 17 May MONTGOMERY COUNTY FESTIVAL CHOIR - CARMINA BURANA Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.30pm, £12, children and students £6, family £30, 01686 614555. BRECON JAZZ CLUB Featuring Ben Thomas (trumpet) and Julian Martin (piano), playing themes from the film and TV shows, with Erika Lyons (double bass) and Greg Evans (drums). Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 8pm, £7 on the door, 01874 611622. LUNCHTIME ORGAN CONCERT Hereford Cathedral, 1.15-2pm. JUAN MARTIN ARTE FLAMENCO PURO An awe-inspiring guitarist, composer and musician with a new flamenco programme of music, song and dance. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £18/£17, 01432 340555.

Thurs 19 May RURA One of the most exciting bands on the Scottish folk scene. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £15, 01743 281281. HELLEN’S MUSIC 2016 See 18 May for details. Hellens & St Bart’s Church, Much Marcle, £17, students £5, free access to all masterclasses, www.hellensmusic.com, 01531 660504 or 01432 340555. CLASSIC ROCK USA Pulsating rock extravaganza. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 8pm, 01874 611622. THE AGUILAR BLUMENFELD PROJECT Californian masters of Americana music. Queen’s Head, St James’ Street, Monmouth, 01600 712767. JAMES HICKMAN & DAN CASSIDY Guitar and violin. Acoustic music evenings at Norrie’s Cafe, 3 Church St, Leominster, 7.30pm, £20 include meal, 01568 612876. Please book. THE BIG BAND Swing-along with songs from Glenn Miller, Sinatra, Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, jazz and blues. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £17/£16, 01432 340555.

Fri 20 May THE BEE GEES STORY NIGHTS ON BROADWAY Live concert, with a six piece band from Ireland. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 8pm, £16.50, 01686 614555. LIVING FOR THE WEEKEND The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. THE AGUILAR BLUMENFELD PROJECT Californian masters of Americana music. The Sun Inn, Regent St, Llangollen, 01978 860079.

Christine Parker

DAVID IAN ROBERTS Fingerstyle guitarist and singer/ songwriter from Herefordshire. Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, £12/£11, 01432 340555.

Sat 21 May POKER JACK Malthouse, Ironbridge. FLOYD EARL BAND Bell Inn, Etnam St, Leominster. HELLEN’S MUSIC 2016 See 18 May for details. Hellens & St Bart’s Church, Much Marcle, £17, students £5, free access to all masterclasses, www.hellensmusic. com, 01531 660504 or 01432 340555.

THE CONSPIRITUALISTS Egos, Quality Square, Ludlow.

LIVE MUSIC White Horse Inn, Clun.

HELLEN’S MUSIC 2016 See 18 May for details. Hellens & St Bart’s Church, Much Marcle, £17, students £5, free access to all masterclasses, www.hellensmusic.com, 01531 660504 or 01432 340555.

TONY SKEGGS Stag, Llanidloes.

SHREWSBURY JAZZ NETWORK Featuring The Remi Harris Project. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £14, £12 members, £7 21s and under, 01743 234970. BOX CAR BLUES Rockin’ blues. Kings Head, Tenbury Wells.

BROMYARD SYMPHONIC WIND BAND Presents a selection of well known pieces from film and TV. The Falcon Hotel Ballroom, 7.30pm, £5 from the Falcon Hotel or email david@bromyardwindband.com RAPSQUILLION Joyful six-piece close harmony singing. The Song House at the Blue Boar, Mill St, Ludlow, 8pm, £6, 07887 535893. CHICAGO BYTES BLUES BAND Golden Cross Inn, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford. STONED CHERRIES Sylvester Horne Institute, Church Stretton, 7.30pm. JAZZ @ THE OLD BLACK LION Featuring Dave Price and Dayne Cranenburg, piano and double bass. Black Lion, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 820841. CHRISTINE PARKER + SUPPORT Singer songwriter from USA. Folk, country and jazz. Fundraiser for local refugee support group. Bleddfa Church, 8pm, £5, 01544 350407 or 01547 528315. PAPAGENA ‘From Hildegard to the Hoover’. A cappella. Wem Town Hall, 7.30pm, £11, £5.50 25s and under, £1 18s and under, 01939 238279. LIVE MUSIC Malthouse, Ironbridge. CHRIS HELME Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £12, 01743 281281.

THE HYPE The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. UNDERCOVERS Stag, Llanidloes. RUBBLE The Plough, Whitecross Rd, Hereford. THE STORY OF FRED & GINGER Robert Habermann sings and tells the story of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 2.30pm, £13, 01743 281281.

Sun 22 May FOLK SESSION Arvon Ale House, Temple St, Llandrindod Wells, 4pm, 07477 627267. TREVOR BURTON BAND Prince of Wales, Ledbury.

Tom Robinson How the Light Gets In, 27 May

CALAN Fiddles, whistles, guitar and bagpipes. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 8pm, 01874 611622.

Sat 21 May HI-JINX CEILIDH BAND Aided and abetted by expert dance caller, Hilary Harrison. Never danced before? No problem, everyone can ceilidh. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, £12 including Ploughman’s supper, 01584 878141. WYE VALLEY JAZZ Great new jazz line-up with vocals. Saturday Cafe, The Courtyard, Hereford, 12-2pm, free. THE TRENSETTS Royal British Legion Club, Llandrindod Wells, 8pm. In aid of Air Ambulance. BENJI KIRKPATRICK AND JANIE MITCHELL Supported by Dunk Burns. Town Hall, Bishop’s Castle, 8pm, £10, 01588 630023. NICK ‘N’ SLEAZY Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford. THE AGUILAR BLUMENFELD PROJECT Californian masters of Americana music. Scholars, Queen’s Rd, Aberystwyth, 01970 615241.

BELLEVILLE SWING The Queen’s Head Hotel, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767. TONY SKEGGS Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm. HELLEN’S MUSIC 2016 See 18 May for details. Hellens & St Bart’s Church, Much Marcle, £17, students £5, free access to all masterclasses, www.hellensmusic.com, 01531 660504 or 01432 340555.

Mon 23 May

THE AGUILAR BLUMENFELD PROJECT Californian masters of Americana music. The Barrels, St Owen St, Hereford, 01432 274968. THE CONSPIRITUALISTS Housmans Cafe Bar, Church Stretton, 8pm, 01694 724441. THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke, 8pm, free, donations.

Thurs 26 May HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN 11 days, 700 events, 370 music acts, 240 debates and talks, 10 stages. Music includes Ghostpoet, Gilles Peterson, King Charles, Zero 7 (DJ set), C Duncan, Fairport Convention, Nerina Pallot, ESKA, Maribou State (DJ set), Yael Naim, Tom Robinson, This is the Kit, Gemma Hayes, Slow Club (duo), Annie Nightingale, Crazy P, Gwenno, Jane Weaver, The Correspondents, Spiro, Sam and the Womp, Stealing Sheep, Luke Concannon, Justin Robertson, Kate Simko & London Electronic Orchestra, The 2 Bears (Raf Daddy), Is Tropical, Rachel Sermanni, Dele Sosimi Quartet, Jim Eliot, Colm Mac, Con Iomaire, Bourgeois & Maurice, Kish Mauve, Roving Crows, Abigail Collins, Orlando Seale & The Swell, Blaenavon Male Voice Choir and more. Hay-onWye, www.howthelightgetsin.org

JAZZ @ SPARKIES BAR Featuring Mark Latimer and Steve Tarner. Sparkies Bar, 18 West St, Leominster, 8pm, free, 01568 610060.

Tues 24 May KEITH JAMES Plays the music of Yusuf - Cat Stevens. Town Hall, Bishop’s Castle, 8pm, £14, 01588 630023. LUNCHTIME ORGAN CONCERT Hereford Cathedral, 1.15-2pm.

RHYTHM THIEVES Phone 01568 770134

Sun 1 May White Horse inn, Clun - Green Man Festival. Wed 11 May White Horse inn, Clun open mic. (Hosted by Mark and Jill). Fri 13 May Sun Inn, Leintwardine, band based open mic, drums and bass provided, 8pm. Fri 27 May Sun Inn, Leintwardine, open mic, 8pm. Sat 28 May Greyhound, Llangunllo. (Beer Festival).

Wed 25 May

Wye Valley Jazz

Trio Arundo

ANDREW RIVERSTONE Top Americana and blues rock guitarist. The Bull’s Head Inn, Chelmarsh, Bridgnorth, 9pm, free, 01746 861469. HAY FESTIVAL 2016 Featuring Willow Robinson, singer/ songwriter from the Golden Valley, 10pm, Hay-on-Wye www.hayfestival.org ANDY BENNETT Former Ocean Colour Scene guitarist. Golden Cross Inn, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford. QUILL Blending country, folk and Celtic rock. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £16, 01743 281281.

Sat 28 May MEDIEVAL VILLAGE & BIRDS OF PREY Hampton Court Castle, near Leominster, www.hamptoncourt.org.uk SATURDAY SKANK REGGAE PARTY Live band, DJs and Caribbean food. The Old Mill, Llanidloes, 5pm.

Thurs 26 May

AGUILAR BLUMENFELD PROJECT Swamp, blues, jazz and funk from America. The Vaults, Crown & Anchor, Bishop’s Castle. MUMBO JUMBO Prince of Wales, Ledbury 8pm.

Fri 27 May FRUIT MACHINE Malthouse, Ironbridge. REMI HARRIS PROJECT Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, £10, 01885 488575. LIVE MUSIC Egos, Quality Square, Ludlow. JAZZ @ THE OLD BLACK LION Featuring Simon Deeley and Dayne Cranenburg, piano and double bass. With special guest Casey Greene, tenor and soprano sax. Black Lion, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 820841. OPEN MIC Hosted by Mark from Rhythm Thieves. Sun Inn, Leintwardine, 8pm.

HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN 11 days, 700 events, 370 music acts, 240 debates and talks, 10 stages. See 26 May for more details. Hay-on-Wye, www.howthelightgetsin.org INDIE DOGHOUSE The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. TRIO ARUNDO Ruth Watson leads with Jeremy Fisher, piano and Oliver Galletta, bassoon. An evening of light music including trios by Poulenc and Francaix interspersed with some solo delights. St Michael’s Church, Discoed, near Presteigne, 7.30pm, £12.50, 01547 560246 or email davidhiam@aol.com Sponsored by Night Out. SOUTH SHROPSHIRE BLUES CLUB Featuring Rainbreakers with Jack Brett. Ludlow Brewery, The Railway Shed, Station Drive, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £10, 07896 676189. Raising money for Cancer Research UK.

NICK WARD Little Black Dog Cafe, St Owen St, Hereford. TWO ROCK FOR COUNTRY The Plough, Whitecross Rd, Hereford. FAIR ON THE SQUARE Featuring Vera van Heeringen, Arthur Ebeling and Little Rumba. 12-6pm, free, Hay Market Square, Hay-on-Wye. JACKHAMMER BLUES BAND Authentic roots trio. Saturday Cafe, The Courtyard, Hereford, 12-2pm, free. GREYHOUND BEER FESTIVAL Featuring The Rhythm Thieves. Greyhound, Llangunllo. NEW TRICKS Rock and pop, 50s onwards. Kings Head, Tenbury Wells. THE MENAGERIE LIVE Festival pop-up cafe bar and music venue, featuring Little Rumba, romantically irresistible - Klezmer meets tango. Open 7pm, plus the Menagerie House Band and DJs each night. Hay Castle, Hay-on-Wye, free entry.

HEREFORD CHAMBER CHOIR The Lady Chapel, Hereford Cathedral, 7.30pm, 01432 374261. LIFE Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford. THE MENAGERIE LIVE Festival pop-up cafe bar and music venue, featuring The Poobahs, Dave Luke’s old-time country and Celtic classics. Open 7pm, plus the Menagerie House Band and DJs each night. Hay Castle, Hay-on-Wye, free entry.

TONY HUGHES Stag, Llanidloes.

Fairport Convention, How the Light Gets In, 28 May

Overton on Dee

GREYHOUND INN LLANGUNLLO

Blues Roots & Real Ale Festival Village Hall, Overton on Dee LL13 0EE

Fourth Annual Beer Festival

mmmmm...MAY 2016 * Saturday 28th - 12pm till late * Sunday 29th - 12pm till late mmm.. MUGS of ale, cider and perry mmm.. MUSIC bands and informal acoustic sessions

mmm.. MUNCHIES delicious hot food from our wonderful local caterers Come along and join in THE mmm...MAYHEM

All enquiries to Paul or Jake 01547 550400

Friday May 6th

Saturday May 7th

7.30pm-11.30pm

1pm-11.30pm

THE BIG BEAT BABAJACK SUNJAY

JO HARMAN

LEO “BUD” WELCH with JOHNNY HEWITT THE REVOLUTIONAIRES ROBIN BIBI BAND RUMBLESTRUTTERS STEVE “PABLO” JONES

Friday £10, Saturday £25, Weekender £30 12+ Real Ales, Camping/Caravan Site, Food Stalls All profits go back into local community groups Contact 01978 710413 for info and tickets or info@overtonvillagehall.co.uk www.hookerblues.co.uk

Andrew Riverstone, 27 May

THE MENAGERIE LIVE Festival pop-up cafe bar and music venue, featuring Boudica Boogaloo, Nuala Honan, lover of old-time Americana with her new trio. Open 7pm, plus the Menagerie House Band and DJs each night. Hay Castle, Hay-on-Wye, free entry. LIVE MUSIC The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. RED RIVER BLUES The Queen’s Head Hotel, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767. SAM LEE Mercury nominated folk singer. A friendly evening of stories and songs. Rock Park, Llandrindod Wells, 7pm, £10 in advance from Arvon Ales and Van’s Good Food Shop. Radnor Fringe Festival event. www.radnorfringefestival.com LEOMINSTER FESTIVAL Featuring A concert of musical theatre. Priory Church, Leominster, 12pm. During the interval a pre-booked two-course lunch will be served which must be pre-booked before 23 May, £10 to include soft drink, 01568 616460. THE SUNDAY EVENING CHILL Live music. The Red Lion, Knighton, 7.30pm, 01547 428080. AIRBAG Malthouse, Ironbridge.

Sat 28 May SMOKE ROOM Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford. LEOMINSTER FESTIVAL Featuring Leominster Choral Society performing Haydn’s ‘The Creation’. Priory Church, Leominster, 7pm, £10 in advance, £12 on the door, accompanied under 16s free, 01568 616460. TEN BOB MILLIONAIRES The Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. HAY FESTIVAL Featuring Willow Robinson. Hay-on-Wye, www.hayfestival.org LEFT FEST Headline acts include Blue Amazon, Oscar Vazquez, Other DJs include Neil Preedy, Andy Artus, Martin Adjei, Shawn Au Yeung, Phill Powell, Jordan Prew, Dan Phillips and Farcical 3. Food served by the Beefy Boys. The Left Bank, Hereford, 3pm-3am, £12, www.herefordleftbank.com BOUNCING BETTY Malthouse, Ironbridge. THE BOLT HOLE JAZZ Featuring Alan Barns, Bruce Adams, plus piano trio. Leasowes Bank Farm, Ratlinghope, 8pm, 01743 790903. LIVE MUSIC Bell Inn, Etnam St, Leominster.

TONGUE AND GROOVE Stag, Llanidloes. THE AGUILAR BLUMENFELD PROJECT Californian masters of Americana music. CARAD, East St, Rhayader, 7.30pm, 01597 810561. HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN 11 days, 700 events, 370 music acts, 240 debates and talks, 10 stages. See 26 May for more details. Hay-on-Wye, www.howthelightgetsin.org

Sun 29 May MEDIEVAL VILLAGE & BIRDS OF PREY Hampton Court Castle, near Leominster, www.hamptoncourt.org.uk HAY FESTIVAL 2016 Featuring Suzanne Vega, American folk superstar, 9.45pm. Hay-on-Wye, www.hayfestival.org WARREN JAMES Skiffle. Housmans Cafe Bar, Church Stretton, 7.30pm, 01694 724441. FAIR ON THE SQUARE Featuring Grey Wolf, Arlet and Boudica Boogaloo. 12-6pm, free, Hay Market Square, Hay-on-Wye. BACK PORCH Prince of Wales, Ledbury.

TRILOGY Lichfield Vaults, Church St, Hereford, 4pm, 01432 266821. GREYHOUND BEER FESTIVAL Featuring Sun Honey, food, ales and ciders. Greyhound, Llangunllo. WOO TOWN HILLBILLIES Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm. HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN 11 days, 700 events, 370 music acts, 240 debates and talks, 10 stages. See 26 May for more details. Hay-on-Wye, www.howthelightgetsin.org

Mon 30 May HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN 11 days, 700 events, 370 music acts, 240 debates and talks, 10 stages. See 26 May for more details. Hay-on-Wye, www.howthelightgetsin.org OPEN DAY Belmont Abbey, Hereford, 10am-4.30pm, free guided tours, 01432 374747. FAIR ON THE SQUARE Featuring Arlet, Bushfold Blue and The Remi Harris Project. 12-6pm, free, Hay Market Square, Hay-on-Wye. HAY FESTIVAL 2016 Featuring Turin Brakes, 9.45pm. Hay-on-Wye, www.hayfestival.org

JOHN JONES & THE RELUCTANT RAMBLERS With special guests Boff Whalley (Chumbawamba) and Benji Kirkpatrick (Bellowhead). Session at The Plough Inn, Wistanstow, 7.30pm, www.jj-rr.org For Macmillan Cancer Support. HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN 11 days, 700 events, 370 music acts, 240 debates and talks, 10 stages. See 26 May for more details. Hay-on-Wye, www.howthelightgetsin.org

Thurs 2 June Stealing Sheep, How the Light Gets In, 30 May

Mon 30 May THE MENAGERIE LIVE Festival pop-up cafe bar and music venue, featuring The Remi Harris Project, fine guitar playing of gypsy swing, jazz and blues. Open 7pm, plus the Menagerie House Band and DJs each night. Hay Castle, Hay-on-Wye, free entry. AARDVARK BANK HOLIDAY BROCANTE/FLEA MARKET Live music and refreshments. Aardvark Books, Brampton Bryan, near Bucknell, 9am-3pm, 01547 530744. THE BARRELS BANK HOLIDAY Featuring Back Porch (from Norwich) 2.30pm, Steve Walwyn 5pm, Slowburner 7pm. The Barrels, St Owen St, Hereford. All donations to St Michael’s Hospice. JAZZ @ SPARKIES BAR Featuring Mark Latimer and Steve Tarner. Sparkies Bar, 18 West St, Leominster, 8pm, free, 01568 610060. MEDIEVAL VILLAGE & BIRDS OF PREY Hampton Court Castle, near Leominster, www.hamptoncourt.org.uk IAN SHERWOOD Singer/songwriter, instrumentalist and storyteller. His music dances the line between folk and pop, all presented with warm banter. Playhouse, Community Centre, Leominster, 7.30pm, £12, 01568 616460. Arts Alive.

Tues 31 May JOHN JONES & THE RELUCTANT RAMBLERS With special guests Boff Whalley (Chumbawamba) and Benji Kirkpatrick (Bellowhead). Ludlow Brewery, The Railway Shed, 7.30pm, £12 in advance, £15 on the door, www.jj-rr.org For Macmillan Cancer Support.

NATALIA AMY DOUGLAS WITH THE REMI HARRIS PROJECT Clows Top Victory Hall, 7.30pm, £12, 01584 881564. Bar and refreshments.

HAY FESTIVAL 2016 Featuring Sam Lee and Friends, The Fade in Time, in concert, 9.45pm. Hay-on-Wye, www.hayfestival.org LUNCHTIME ORGAN CONCERT Hereford Cathedral, 1.15-2pm. LEOMINSTER FESTIVAL Jazz Soiree: Mark Latimer and Steven Tarner. Priory Church, Leominster, 8pm, £10, 01568 616460. HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN 11 days, 700 events, 370 music acts, 240 debates and talks, 10 stages. See 26 May for more details. Hay-on-Wye, www.howthelightgetsin.org

JUNE Wed 1 June THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke, 8pm, free, donations. HAY FESTIVAL 2016 Featuring Baaba Maal, Sengalese singer, 8.30pm. Hay-on-Wye, www.hayfestival.org LEOMINSTER FESTIVAL Piano recital by Virginia Black. Programme includes Bach, Rameau, Scarlattie, Soler and Mozart. The Lion Ballroom, Leominster, 7pm, £12/£10, 01568 616460.

Suzanne Vega, Hay Festival, 29 May

JOHN JONES & THE RELUCTANT RAMBLERS With special guests Boff Whalley (Chumbawamba) and Benji Kirkpatrick (Bellowhead). The Three Tuns, Bishop’s Castle, 7.30pm, £12 in advance, £15 on the door, www.jj-rr.org For Macmillan Cancer Support. HAY FESTIVAL 2016 Featuring Bill Bragg, 7pm. Laura Marling at 9.30pm, British folk’s golden girl, Hay-on-Wye, www.hayfestival.org HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN 11 days, 700 events, 370 music acts, 240 debates and talks, 10 stages. See 26 May for more details. Hay-on-Wye, www.howthelightgetsin.org

Fri 3 June ALED JONES Hereford Cathedral, 6.30pm, £60.50-£27.50, 01432 374210. HAY FESTIVAL 2016 Featuring KT Tunstall, lively pop-rock, 9.45pm. Hay-on-Wye, www.hayfestival.org LEOMINSTER FESTIVAL Featuring The Fron Male Voice Choir with Luke Doyle. Priory Church, Leominster, 7.30pm, £10, accompanied children free. Plus silent film ‘Diary of a Lost Girl’ with Wurlitza in concert, 7.30pm, Playhouse Cinema, Leominster Community Centre, 01568 616460. LIVE MUSIC Malthouse, Ironbridge. STEVE ROBERTS Egos, Quality Square, Ludlow. WAYNE MARTIN White Horse Inn, Clun. THE WORRIED MEN Jamie Thayer with this blues and rock. Golden Cross Inn, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford. SULTANA BROTHERS The Plough, Whitecross Rd, Hereford. HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN 11 days, 700 events, 370 music acts, 240 debates and talks, 10 stages. See 26 May for more details. Hay-on-Wye, www.howthelightgetsin.org

Music in Quiet Places Jazz and Poetry

Saturday 4th June 7.30 p.m. Clun Memorial Hall, Clun

Poet Roger Garfitt and the John Williams Octet comprising some of the UK’s finest jazz musicians present a stunning evening of jazz and poetry ‘Presences of Jazz’, invoking haunting voices of jazz – Bechet, Miles Davis etc. and , in contrast, ‘In All My Holy Mountain’, a celebration of the life and work of Shropshire poet and writer, Mary Webb. Tickets and info: 01694 722656 or

The Old Surgery Art Gallery, Clun 01588 640506

Mon 6 June

Sat 4 June HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN 11 days, 700 events, 370 music acts, 240 debates and talks, 10 stages. See 26 May for more details. Hay-on-Wye, www.howthelightgetsin.org JAZZ @ THE OLD BLACK LION Featuring Simon Deeley and Dayne Cranenburg, piano and double bass. Black Lion, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 820841. ALTNERNATE ROUTE Malthouse, Ironbridge. HAY FESTIVAL 2016 Featuring Flavia Coelho, 9.45pm. Hay-on-Wye, www.hayfestival.org KAMIKHAZI MILLIONAIRES Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford. MUSIC IN QUIET PLACES Featuring poet, Roger Garfitt and the John Williams Octet comprising of some of the finest jazz musicians present an evening of jazz and poetry. Clun Memorial Hall, 7.30pm, for tickets and info 01694 722656 or The Old Surgery Art Gallery Clun at 01588 640506. HAY FESTIVAL Featuring Flavia Coelho in concert, the mesmeric Brazilian singer, 9.45pm. Hay-on-Wye, www.hayfestival.org OPEN MIC Ledbury Community Hall, 7pm, £5, bring a bottle, 01531 632968. REMEDY The Plough, Whitecross Rd, Hereford.

Sun 5 June HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN 11 days, 700 events, 370 music acts, 240 debates and talks, 10 stages. See 26 May for more details. Hay-on-Wye, www.howthelightgetsin.org TUBBY BLUESTERS Prince of Wales, Ledbury. LEOMINSTER FESTIVAL Featuring The Birmingham Symphony Orchestra: Nature’s Dream. Priory Church, Leominster, 7.30pm, £15/£12, booking recommended, 01568 616460.

CIDER CITY JAZZMEN The Barrels, St Owen’s St, Hereford, 01432 274968. BRIMFIELD FOLK CLUB Brimfield Village Hall, Brimfield, near Ludlow, 8pm, 01584 711854. JAZZ @ SPARKIES BAR Featuring Mark Latimer and Steve Tarner. Sparkies Bar, 18 West St, Leominster, 8pm, free, 01568 610060.

Tues 7 June LUNCHTIME ORGAN CONCERT Hereford Cathedral, 1.15-2pm.

Music Workshops

Until Mon 2 May THE NATURAL FLOW A three-day singing workshop with Michael Harper. Hill Cottage Retreats, Rhos-y-meirch, Knighton, £240/£220 workshop, meals, refreshments and shared accommodation. £100/£90, non-residential, 01547 520044, www.hillcottageretreats.co.uk Sat 7 May MUSIC OF THE CHAPEL ROYAL A BMEMF workshop for singers with tutor Huw Williams. Grange Court, Leominster, 9.30am-4.30pm, £18 members, £20 non-members, £5 students. Booking essential 01684 565707 or marna.gowan@btinternet.com www.bmemf. org.uk Sun 22 May SHROPSHIRE HARMONY QUIRE Come and sing with us! John Shaw will lead a workshop entitled ‘West Gallery Music from the Dunster Psalter’. 10.30 (prompt) until 4.30, bring own lunch or to share. Lydham Village Hall near Bishop’s Castle, SY9 5HD. £15. Please book on https://sites.google.com/site/ bcquire. Enquiries: bosky@btinternet.com Sat 11 June A BORDER MARCHES EARLY MUSIC FORUM WORKSHOP FOR SINGERS ‘Music on the Death of Prince Henry (1612) with tutor Gabriel Crouch. Commemorative motets by Dering, Tomkins and others. Leintwardine Community Centre, 10am-4.30pm, £18 for EMF members, £20 for non-members, £5 students, booking essential, 01547 540106 or www.bmemf.org.uk Monday ALIVE & KICKIN’ CHOIR Coleg Powys (now NPTC), Brecon, 7-9pm, £5 public, £3 students/staff. tanyawalkermusic@hotmail.com Monday BANDAMANIA Traditional dance music from far and wide. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne 7.15pm, Sue Harris 01547 550158.

Langstaffe Violins John Langstaffe

Maker & Restorer of Violins, Violas & Cellos Repairs, Fitting Up, Tonal Adjustments etc Room 12, 2nd Floor, Lion House 15, Broad Street, Leominster HR6 8BT

We also stock a selection of new and antique instruments and accessories T: 01568 620120 M: 07501 724663

www.langstaffe-violins.co.uk

Trevor Davies Music

For all your musical needs 87 Etnam Street, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 8AE tel: 01568 613611

We stock Fender, Gibson, Ibanez, ESP, Fernandez, Epiphone, Indie, Aria, Ovation, Adamas, Martin, Taylor, Yamaha, Crafter, Burns, Washburn, Jackson, AER, Marshall, Hartke, Carlsbro, Laney, Zoom, Digitech, Tama, Casio. Plus many other brands. Approximately 500 guitars in stock and Brass, Woodwind, Drums, Keyboards, accessories and thousands of music books and sheet music.

Tuesday BANG ON DRUMS Drum circle. Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford, 7-9pm, bring your own hand drums or drums and percussion instruments provided, 07870 747248, www.bangondrums.co.uk Tuesday DOLAU MIXTURES Mixed choir. Dolau Community Hall, near Llandrindod Wells, 8pm, 01597 851427. Tuesdays SAMBA BRECON We are a friendly community band which meets each week to practice drumming and have fun. If you would like to come along, and beginners are especially welcome - we would love to see you! Please contact either Sue on 07792 165481 or Gill on 01497 821631. 7-9pm in a Village Hall just outside Brecon. Tuesday WHITTON VOICES Mixed community choir. Songs from around the world, traditional and contemporary. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 8-10pm, £6. All welcome. Led by Sue Harris, 01547 550158. Wednesdays CASTLE VOICES SING ON 7 - 8.30pm in the Cadet Hall, Bishop’s Castle. Sing your heart out with songs from far and wide. Everything taught by ear. All welcome, £5 per week. Led by Sue Harris 01547 550158 sumarieharris@btinternet.com Wednesdays BISHOP’S CASTLE EARLY MUSIC GROUP Singing renaissance and baroque music a cappella. All music readers welcome, 7.30pm. Contact Mark, 075385 68378 or email jacquelinesw@hotmail.co.uk Wednesday ROCKSPRING COMMUNITY CHOIR All welcome particularly men! Minimal charge. Rockspring Community Centre, Ludlow. 01584 529053.

Wednesday LUDLOW LARKS COMMUNITY CHOIR Led by Polly Bolton. Songs from around the world - from the Beatles to Bulgaria. Ludlow Women’s Centre, 7.30pm9.30pm. Polly on 01584 823609 or info@oak-barn.co.uk or check our website www.jollypages.co.uk/larks Thursday CLUNSONGBIRDS 10 -11.30am in Hightown Hall - along from the church. Uplifting songs from many traditions around the world, all taught by ear. Everyone welcome for a rousing sing. £5 per week. Led by Sue Harris 01547 550158 sumarieharris@btinternet.com 1st and 3rd Thursdays HEREFORD CHANTING CIRCLE. 11am-1pm plus one Friday evening 8pm - 10pm. A devotional singing group. Beautiful chants from a variety of spiritual traditions (Kirtan, Sufi, Gospel, Native etc), no need to be a ‘singer’, just sing from the heart, all welcome. We meet in central Hereford. Contact Mike: 01432 261222 mikejhadden@gmail.com or www.karimandsusanne.co.uk Thursday CANTORION LLANDRINDOD Mixed choir, early/ classical music. Howey VH, 7.45pm, 01874 754774. First Thursdays BLACK HILL TUNE CLUB 2pm at the Crown Inn Longtown. Free. 01432 263495. Friday MUSIC TIME A session of music and movement for under 5s. The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, 10.30am11.30am, £5 per child, 01743 234970. Friday FAMILY MUSIC MAKERS Fun sessions for parents and toddlers 12.30-2pm, £4 per adult and child pair, under 1s free. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555.

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band directory Appleby Kinsey

HOT CLIMATE Ultimate party band, best 6-piece line up ever. For top musical entertainment at your party/ wedding/festival or corporate function. Book now! New footage on www.hotclimate.co.uk. Contact Charlie 01568 613895 or mobile 07702 528088 anytime! LE FREAK Upbeat party covers band. Great 5-piece outfit for any dance event. Hear us on soundcloud.com/ lefreak357066067 or phone Nick on 01981 540348 or 07952 415487.

APPLEBY KINSEY a contemporary folk and jazz trio: acoustic guitar, flute, saxophones, double bass, female vocals. A large repertoire of original songs, from tender, lyrical, slightly dark, to up-tempo latin jazz and dance. Live original music with authenticity and sophistication for events, festivals, weddings, clubs. www.applebykinsey.com or call Ken on 07979 542 449. BANDAMANIA Community band playing wild and wonderful traditional music. Perfect for ceilidhs, parties and all sorts of local events. Sue Harris 01547 550158 sumarieharris@btinternet.com MARTIN BLAKE: Fingerpickin’ good guitar, banjo and vocals in a variety of line-ups from duo to 6 piece, including Whiskey River (5/6 piece electric Swamp Rock band) The Whiskey River Quartet (Acoustic 4 piece version), The Whiskey River Boys (duo version of the same), The Grass Snakes (6 piece Honky-Tonk Bluegrass Band with loads of harmony vocals), and Blakes III, (eclectic long standing trio with clarinet, fiddle, guitar & 3 part harmony vocals) - Pubs, Clubs, Parties, Weddings, Divorces etc. Contact: 07846 669890 or 01432 342018. Email: info@martinblake.org Website: www.martinblake.org CHRISIE J LOCAL VOCALIST! I sing Jazz. Soul, Musical Theatre, Pop and Rock. For more information or to make a booking email chrisiej20@gmail.com or phone 079688 93719. Look at my Facebook page Chrisie J and Youtube channel Chrisie J for performance videos. FLATWORLD Roots ‘n’ grooves from Eastern Europe and beyond. Lively 5-piece band with magnificent tunes and kicking rhythm for your festival, wedding, party or pub. Also circle dancing with caller. Contact Neil on 01684 569611 or 07866 021489; www.flat-world.org.uk or email info@flat-world.org.uk THE FLOK Duo/Trio/Band suitable for most occasions. Kate Thomas lends her stunning voice to a refreshing mix of material from the likes of KT Tunstall, Pink and Mumford & Sons, ably supported by Dave Luke (guitar/ mandolin/vocals) and a solid but subtle rhythm section. Dave 07967 029159 Kate 07817 019918 daveluke1@ hotmail.com - or like us on Facebook!

HAGGLEBAG How about some lively and raucous Irish songs, jigs and reels from this 5-piece band? Featuring flute, guitar, melodeon, mandolin and bass. Great for pubs, parties and festivals. Find us on facebook or email lornaflute@talktalk.net Telephone 07442 168858.

LITTLE RUMBA A classy four piece band featuring Hugh, John, Jacqui & Pete, from The Tango Band and The Rumbajax, playing moody, melancholy music everything from East European and South American to the Blues. Viola, violin, accordion, saxophones, guitar, vocals and bass. 01547 520339 www.littlerumba.com LOS SQUIDEROS “The Greatest Mexican Band to come out of Hereford in a Hundred Years” Fabulous party band with a long history of amazing crowds. Playing surf, funk and ska with latino beats.. Also, The Swing Set; Swing jazz, Blues and rock n roll from the Squid collective. Contact Leo 07816 686856 leocaithness@tiscali.co.uk MELOMANICS Principally a wacky Duo with an amazingly dynamic sound, playing their eclectic and cosmopoloitan repertoire with engagingly humour and infectious energy (sustainable). Far more than just great music. And stilts if appropriate. Find out just how much fun a ceilidh really can be, either with separate caller or the minimal option with Tim calling and playing. Ideal for parties, weddings, fund-raising events, festivals, shows, pubs, restaurants, etc. Scottish, Irish and French-themed specialities (Timoléon pour vos soirées francaises). For info call Tim on 01743 719438, or Rich 01743 718612. Email tim@melomanics.co.uk. Website www.melomanics. co.uk MUCH ADO - The band for your ceilidh or barn dance. 4-piece band with caller for ceilidhs, barn dances, weddings, parties, shows, fetes, etc. Alan Oberman 01982 570432, email alan.oberman@gmail.com. See website www.muchadoband.com

Flatworld

OVER THE HILLBILLIES - Lively, foot stomping, rip-roaring band performing everything from Led Zep to Kylie, Dolly to Motorhead, and Blur to the Bee Gees. With a look fashioned straight from “Deliverance”, playing on a banjo, fiddle, tea-chest bass, drums, harmonicas, guitar and a suitcase(!) we are perfect for parties, pubs, festivals and anything else that involves drinking and dancing. Contactl Linda on 01686 670409 / 07816 125802 or find us on Facebook.com/Over-the-Hillbillies. YEEEEHAAAAA! RAY STROUD Fingerstyle guitarist/singer. Huge repertoire of songs and tunes from 60s-90s, jazzy pop, roots and folk. “Faultless playing and wonderful songs. Expect an eclectic mix and to be delightfully entertained” - Rea Rver Roots. www.ray-stroud.com 07962 916333 RHYTHM THIEVES Funky, folky and fun. Firm favourites at festivals, pubs, parties and events around the Midlands and beyond, Rhythm Thieves are a lively must-see band who deliver an unforgettable and highly entertaining night out. “Full of fire and enthusiasm” Mike Harding, BBC Radio 2 “Great, super, lovely - our resident band” Genevieve Tudor. BBC Radio Midlands Folk Show. “If they don’t make you smile, you’re probably dead.” Wheaton Aston Folk Festival Tel: 01568 770 134, e-mail rhythmthieves@hotmail.com SAMBUCA Ludlow based acoustic trio, playing a nice mix of jazz standards, classic blues, sambas etc. For more information call Richard 07974 399524 www.sambucamusic.co.uk SEAN SAYE Music from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. Great party music, capturing the retro vibe. Contact tel: 07734 399497 or email seansaye@yahoo.co.uk. Website www.seansaye.com. SILVER BRANCH Ceilidh/ folk band, complete with caller and PA system. Multi-instrumental 5-piece band playing traditional Irish/world music and contemporary tunes. David: 01981 540832, Anna: 07980 961187. SLIPPERY SLOPE Silly, melancholy and beautiful music played on accordion, fiddle, guitar and steel pan. From ska to klezmer via a Parisian cafe and a Russian vodka bar. For more info please call Jo or Ben on 01981 510136 see www.slipperyslope.org.uk or email slipperyslope@hotmail.com SOUL SUPPLY 6-piece soul, Motown and R & B Party Band. Guaranteed to turn your event into a hive of nonstop dance floor activity. Available for weddings, parties and corporate events. Full PA, lights, staging and disco as required. 079905 75531 or 01568 708868 www.soulsupplyband.co.uk info@soulsupplyband.co.uk STASH Rockin’ good folk. Firey fiddle, souring guitar, pounding rhythms, with bouncing energy. Folk rock at its best. Please phone Mick on 01432 840475, Wizzy on 01432 263317 or Will on 07960 569784.

STOMPING-GROUND Versatile 3 piece party band. Ideal for weddings and function’s. Contact Richie 07817 620644. www.stomping-ground.co.uk www.stomping-ground.co.uk STONED CHERRIES Are: Dave Evans, guitar, mandolin, vocals; Roger Pugh, guitar, mandola, vocals; Aly May, whistles, vocals and Matt Donaldson, bass, percussion and vocals. A dynamic folk / rock fusion of original, traditional and modern songs and tunes. Roger 01885 483425 / 07779 694615 / pugh@ live.co.uk or Dave 01886 822132 / 07817 220016 / dgand2@btinternet.com www.dgand2.wix.com/thestonedcherries THE SULTANA BROTHERS Fine R&B from one of the best bands around! The ultimate hip swingin’, foot tappin’ party band - guaranteed to help you dance the night away. For bookings/enquiries contact Phil 07791 129391 or Adam 07855 037092. Website www.thesultanabrothers.vpweb.co.uk or find us on Facebook.com/ thesultanabros STEADY EDD & THE BOOGIEMEN Boogie Woogie and its best, jazz and soul - let the good times roll! Contact Edd, on 01432 769077, www.steadyedd.co.uk TROVATORI Classical singers Darren and Caroline perform opera and musicals through to modern ballads and folk accompanied on guitars. Live, stylish and bespoke entertainment. www.trovatori.com Tel: 07971 880794 or email mail@trovatori.com THE TRENSETTS ROCK BAND: Good dancin’ good listenin’. Real authentic music. For parties, weddings, clubs, pubs. Reasonable fees. Contact Gwyn on 01686 625665 /07831 557292. THE VILLAGE QUIRE Spine-tingling harmonies sung with all the emotional clout, subtlety of expression and love of life that you get when voices are raised together in song. Music from and inspired by the folk harmony, west gallery and shape note traditions all woven together with words and stories. New show for 2015 / 16 ‘Back to the Garden’ – life and hope in the trenches based on original letters from WW1 Herefordshire soldier and gardener William Bevan. “The Village Quire have become one of my favourite singing groups of all time ... (Frank Hennessy, Celtic Heartbeat, Radio Wales). For bookings / further info ring 01497 847676 www.villagequire.org.uk TRIO TANGENTE Violin and vocal led spicy fun energetic Latin/Tango/Hot Club/ Gypsy influenced band. For all occasions. Contact Faith 07870 320022. XL’S Maximum R’n’B, Feelgood Rock & Roll. 01588 650686. Rhythm Thieves

theatre PERFORMANCE

Sun 1 May & Fri 20 May EMMA HOTBUCKLE PRODUCTIONS. Emma Woodhouse is handsome, clever and rich. She’s also a meddler. As her interfering gets out of hand, it may be time for Emma to question her judgement. 1 May - Wem Town Hall, 7.30pm, £11/£9/£5, 01939 238279. 20 May - Leintwardine Community Centre, 7.30pm, £12, 01547 540306. Arts Alive.

Look Back in Anger

Thurs 5 May ARABIAN NIGHTS... AND DAYS The Sultan summons a new wife every night. Every ` morning she is killed. The fear grows. Who will be next? Hilarious and moving, the play is a feast of physical theatre and clowning. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £15/£13, students £10, 01743 281281. Thurs 5 - Sat 7 May LOOK BACK IN ANGER YOUNG BLOODS THEATRE COMPANY. Jimmy’s going nowhere. He has a wife, but no future. He’s trapped in a world that doesn’t care for him and he doesn’t give a damn for it. He’s an Angry Young Man. Directed by Paul Murray. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £15/£12, 01432 340555. Fri 6 May TOM A TWM WILLOW GLOBE THEATRE. It’s 1861 on Swansea’s poor street and an old man with a false nose is teased, taunted and harassed by local street urchins... A vibrant new play devised and created by Builth Wells High School and Wyeside Arts Centre. Willow Globe Theatre, Penlanole, Llanwrthwl, near Llandrindod Wells, 7.30pm, 01597 811487. Fri 6 - Sun 8 May OSBORNE AND AFTER A programme of events to mark the 60th anniversary of the premiere in May 1956 of John Osborne’s ‘Look Back in Anger’. With stories, poetry, exhibitions and displays, video/ audio and more. 7 May - Look Back in Anger. On the 60th anniversary of the play’s first performance, a presentation of ‘The Salon: Collective’s exciting new production. Clun Memorial Hall, 7.30pm, £12 online or on the door. 8 May - Birmingham Rep Young Actors perform a promenade piece in the streets of Clun, 11am-3pm. 7 May - Jinny - Commissioned by Derby Theatre as part of its ‘Retold’ series. Jinny is a beguiling contemporary response to John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger. Clun Memorial Hall, 4.30pm, £12 includes talk and play. www.osborneandafter.org

The Mousetrap

Sat 7 May THIS WORLD PENTABUS THEATRE COMPANY deals with a controversial subject - fracking. It takes one piece of land and explores what has happened over there over the centuries and how one family on this patch is affected by fracking. Leintwardine Centre, 7.30pm, £12 from 01547 540310 or 01547 540169. Mon 9 - Sat 14 May & Tues 31 May - 4 June THE MOUSETRAP The scene is set when a group of people gathered in a country house cut off by the snow discover, to their horror, that there is a murderer in their midst. 9 - 14 May - Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, Wed & Sat 2.30pm, £30.50-£19.50, 01743 281281. 31 May - 4 June - The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 2 - 4 Jun 2pm & 7.30pm, £29.50 - £24.50, 01432 340555. Wed 18 May MY DEAREST GIRLS - THE LETTERS BOOK A book of letters sent during 1917-1920 between a group of six young Shropshire women reveals their everyday lives. A warm and witty story telling combining character, live music and a touch of cabaret. Bridgnorth Library, Listley St, Bridgnorth, 7.30pm, £7, 01746 763358. Arts Alive. Wed 18 May BLIND MAN’S SONG THEATRE RE presents a wordless tale about the power of imagination, blending physical theatre, mime, iillusions and live musical score. While a blind man walks around his room with unsteady steps, a story of love, hope, courage and unquenchable vision unfolds. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £13/£12, 01432 340555. Wed 18 - Sat 21 May RELATIVELY SPEAKING OFF CENTRE THEATRE presents Alan Ayckbourn’s timeless comedy. Ginny goes to the house of her older lover to end a relationship and retrieve some compromising letters... Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £10, 01600 772467.

Thurs 19 - Sat 21 May LADIES DOWN UNDER LEDBURY AMATEUR DRAMATIC SOCIETY. After hitting the jackpot on Ladies Day in York, the lasses from Hull begin their adventure with a trip Down Under. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 8pm, £10, students £5, first night £8, students £3, 07967 517125. Thurs 19 - Sat 21 May COMEDY DOUBLE BILL CONQUEST PRODUCTIONS present ‘A Jolly Sinister Jape’ and ‘The Fat Lady Sings in Little Grimley’. Conquest Theatre, 7.30pm, 01885 488575. Thurs 19 - Sat 21 May THE NAKED TRUTH Tailor-made for women, ‘The Naked Truth’ is set in a pole dancing class, a brilliantly funny comedy about sisterhood. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, Wed & Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £30.50-£19.50, 01743 281281. Fri 20 - Sun 22 May A WINTER’S TALE THE WILLOW GLOBE COMPANY. Willow Globe Theatre, Penlanole, Llanwrthwl, near Llandrindod Wells, Fri & Sat 7pm, Sun 3pm, 01597 811487. Sat 21 & Tues 24 May NELSON: THE SAILOR’S STORY Inspirational hero - flawed maverick. Tactical genius. Rebel. Amidst Trafalgar’s shot, smoke and din, the crew of the Victory strive to destoy the combined fleet of France and Spain. Below the column in Trafalgar’s Square, a homeless Falklands veteran shivers in the cold - above, Nelson’s thoughts on the world today. 21 May - The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, £14/£13, 01432 340555. 24 May - Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £15/£14, 01743 281281.

Conquest Theatre Bromyard Live on Stage

7 May 7.30pm Folk in the Foyer WINTER WILSON 19 - 21 May 7.30pm Conquest Productions Comedy Double Bill A JOLLY SINISTER JAPE & THE FAT LADY SINGS IN LITTLE GRIMLEY 27 May REMI HARRIS IN CONCERT

Films

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Screenings

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Wed 1 June DIRTY DUSTING Three cleaning ladies, (past their sell by date) start up a telephone sex line, ‘The Telephone Belles’. A heartwarming, feel-good comedy that will have you rolling in the aisles and smiling every time you answer the phone. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.45pm, £19, 01686 614555.

Pinocchio

Thurs 2 June THE BEST THING VAMOS THEATRE. A ‘Swinging Sixties’ story of unconditional love from the UK’s leading full mask theatre company. Suitable for ages 12+. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 8pm, 01874 611622.

MUSICAL THEATRE & OPERA Wed 4 May LA BOHEME SWANSEA CITY OPERA. Set in war torn 1940’s Paris, sung in English and accompanied by a chamber orchestra. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury. Pre-performance talk 6.15pm, performance 7.30pm, £23.50-£16.50, students £11, 01743 281281. Tues 3, Wed 4 & Sun 15 May WOODY SEZ: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF WOODY GUTHRIE Capturing the heart and spirit of America’s original folk hero Woody Guthrie. 3 & 4 May - Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £15/£13.50, 01743 281281. 15 May - Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, 01874 611622. Fri 13 May AN EVENING OF DIRTY DANCING: THE TRIBUTE SHOW The original concert celebration of the iconic music from the legendary film. Breathtaking choreography and buckets of nostalgia. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £18.50, 01600 772467. Fri 6 Sat 21 May A NIGHT OF DIRTY DANCING Relive the passion, indulge in the romance and celebrate the greatest movie soundtrack. 6 May - Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, 01874 611622. 21 May The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £21, 01432 340555. Thurs 26 & Fri 27 May TELL ME ON A SUNDAY Charting the romantic misadventures of an English girl in New York during the heady days of the 1980’s. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £30-£27, 01743 281281. Thurs 26 - Sat 28 May ROBIN HOOD AND HIS MERRY PERSONS WORCESTER GILBERT & SULLIVAN SOCIETY. Using familiar music from favourite Gilbert & Sullivan operettas, with altered lyrics to tell the tale. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7.30pm, £10, students £5, 07967 517125. Fri 27 & Sat 28 May DON’T STOP BELIEVING HELEN VEREKER SINGERS, THE STARLIGHT CO. with ASPIRE DANCE STUDIO. A toe-tapping, hand-clapping evening of fun, song and dance. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £15/£13, 01432 340555.

Sat 28 May THE MAGNIFICIENT MUSIC HALL Step back in time to the glorious and glamorous heyday of the British Music Hall, circa 1890s. The Courtyard, Hereford, 2.30pm, £18.50/£17.50, 01432 340555.

Tues 30 May - Sat 11 June THE SOUND OF MUSIC This wonderfully lavish new staging tells the true story of the world-famous singing family. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, Tues-Sat 7.30pm, Wed, Thurs & Sat 2.30pm, £40-£29, 01743 281281.

CHILDREN’S THEATRE

Sat 7 May PINOCCHIO Pinocchio is a mischievous, naughty puppet who is easily distracted by the Fox and the Cat and soon forgets what the blue fairy tells him. The Courtyard, Hereford, 11am, £6, 01432 340555. Thurs 19 May JAMBORI MENTER MALDWYN. Open to all Year 5 & 6 children in Montgomery. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 10.15am & 1.15pm, £1.50, 01686 614555. Thurs 26 May THE GRUFFALO AND FRIENDS Join Julia Donaldson and her husband Malcolm as they act out Julia’s songs and stories with plenty of help from the audience. After the one hour show there will be time to buy Julia’s books and have them signed. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 4.30pm, £12, under 16s £9, 01600 772467. Sat 28 & Sun 29 May MISTER MAKER AND THE SHAPES LIVE! Packed full of arty adventures there’ll be a big ‘make’ to take part in, songs to join in with and a fabulous supporting cast. Sat 1.30 & 4.30pm, Sun 10am & 1pm, £14.50, children £11, family £46, 01743 281281.

DRAMA WORKSHOPS HAVE A GO SHAKESPEARE Fortnightly group sessions for anyone interested in having a go at Shakespeare read, discuss, explore, perform and have fun! Wednesdays - Llandrindod Wells. Thursday - Rhayader. Fridays - Builth Wells. www.shakespearelink.co.uk or call 01597 811487 HAY SENIOR YOUTH THEATRE For 12-17 year olds. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye. Call Janine Sharp on 07733 055430 for details or to express an interest. MID POWYS YOUTH THEATRE Tuesdays Junior Youth Theatre 8-11, 4.15pm-5pm. 11-14 years, 5.15pm-6.15pm. Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells Senior Youth Theatre 14+ 7pm-9.30pm. The Drama Centre, Llandrindod Wells. Contact Ralph Bolland on 07810 350994.

Mondays BROMYARD YOUTH THEATRE Led by Kate Ganderton. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard. Kids, ages 4-6. Juniors ages 6-1. Intermediate ages 11-14. All £30 per term. Senior ages 14-18, £35 per term, 01432 340555. Mondays NO STRINGS ATTACHED Puppetry and Mask Theatre with The Fetch Theatre Co. 11-16, 6.30-8pm. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 01584 878141. Mondays TOTALLY ACTING Do you love acting? Learn the TV, film, stage acting techniques used by professionals. The Appletree Studio, 15 Lower Galdeford, Ludlow, SY8 1RU. Contact Rob Ford on 07772 823775, email: robjuckes@yahoo.co.uk Mondays (during term time) BRYCHEINIOG YOUTH THEATRE Led by Andrew Sterry and Gareth Williams. Ages 9-12 6-7.15pm, ages 13-25 7.30-9pm. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 01874 611622. Tuesdays SENIOR YOUTH THEATRE The Courtyard, Hereford, £62 term, 01432 340555. Tuesdays DAI Y BANNAU Focussing on acting, scriptwriting, singing and dancing, storyboarding and set design. Dai Y Bannau is a Welsh medium multimedia theatre group. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 4pm, for ages 7-12 years, 01874 611622. Tuesdays THE ITC / IMPROV THEATRE For ages 11-25, £24 for 6 week block. SpArC, Bishop’s Castle, 3.45-5.15pm, 01588 630243. Tuesdays YOUTH THEATRE Drama workshop for 7-14 year-olds after school. Ledbury Market Theatre, 01432 383663. Wednesdays KINGTON YOUTH THEATRE With Kate Ganderton. Kington Primary School. Wed - Junior 7-11 years, 4-5.30pm. Intermediate 11+ 5.30-7pm. £42 per term, 01432 340555. Wednesdays THE COURTYARD KIDS For reception Year 2, led by Helen Durant, £60 per term. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555. Wednesdays and Fridays INTERMEDIATE YOUTH THEATRE Year 10s Wed and Year 11s Fridays. The Courtyard, Hereford, £67 per term, 01432 340555. Thursdays and Saturdays SHROPSHIRE YOUTH THEATRE Providing training in a range of theatre skills for ages 5-25. All abilities welcome. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury. Contact Maggie Love: 07813 026367. Every Thurs ADULT DRAMA CLUB AT THE GLOBE IN HAY for anyone interested in having fun trying out some performance skills with Janine Sharp. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 7-30pm-9-30pm. £6. 07733 055430. Thursdays LEINTWARDINE YOUTH THEATRE Run by Teme Valley Youth Project. For ages 11+. Leintwardine Community Centre, 4-5pm, 01568 770110. Thursdays IMPULSIVE THEATRE COMPANY For ages 13-19. The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, 5-6.45pm, 07916 277928. Thursdays & Fridays SENIOR YOUTH THEATRE For ages 16-24, led by Ellen Dorsett, Dan Pegler or Rebecca Cook. Courtyard, Hereford, £70 per term, 01432 340555. Fridays and Saturday JUNIOR YOUTH THEATRE For Year 3 - 9 led by either David Durant or Ellen Dorsett. The Courtyard, Hereford, £65 per term, 01432 340555. Every Saturday HAY YOUTH THEATRE AT THE GLOBE IN HAY for ages 7-11. Excl. half term, 10.30-12.30pm, £6. Loads of fun! Call Janine Sharp on 07733 055430.

word Poetry & Storytelling

Sat 7 May JEHANE MARKHAM - LOOK BACK IN WONDER Poet and dramatist reads a selection of her poems. Hightown Community Rooms, Clun, 4.30pm, Free event, booking essential, 07977 907982. Part of Osborne and After Words and Plays Festival. Mon 9 May POETRY IN PRESTEIGNE With guest poets Ros Hudis, Suzanne Iuppa and Matthew Plumb. In the Sitting Room upstairs, The Radnorshire Arms, Presteigne, 7.30pm, £5 adults, £2 students on the door, www.poetryinpresteigne.org 01544 267418. Sat 14 May CURIOUS TRAVELLERS An afternoon of readings from the works of those who have travelled through the Welsh landscape since the 18th century. With Dr Mary-Ann Constantine and Dr Elizabeth Edwards of the Curious Travellers project. MOMA, Machynlleth, 2-4.30pm, £3 including refreshments, 01654 703355. Thurs 26 & Fri 27 May PENALTY & DON’T LOOK DOWN Two short plays by Gareth Owen presented as Rehearsed Playreading. 26 May - Ludlow Library, Park St, 7.30pm. 27 May - The Sitting Room, Blue Boar, Mill St, Ludlow, 7.30pm. Free admission, but donations gratefully received. Sat 4 June MUSIC IN QUIET PLACES Featuring poet, Roger Garfitt and the John Williams Octet comprising of some of the finest jazz musicians present an evening of jazz and poetry. Clun Memorial Hall, 7.30pm, for tickets and info 01694 722656 or The Old Surgery Art Gallery Clun at 01588 640506.

Comedy

Wed 4, Thurs 5 & Sun 8 May MARK STEEL - WHO DO YOU THINK I AM Mark Steel’s newest stand up show, an enthralling story told with aplomb. For ages 14+. 4 May - Wyeside, Builth Wells, 8pm, £15, 01982 552555. 5 May - Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 8pm, £17, 01686 614555. 8 May - Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 8pm, £15, 01600 772467.

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Sun 8 May GYLES BRANDRETH: WORD POWER! Global donimation? Nookie on a Friday night? Whatever you want, you need the right words to get the right results. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 5pm, £20, 01743 281281. Tues 10 May TELFORD COMEDY CLUB Comedy and Curry. Book a meal beforehand for £5 including a line up of great comedians The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, www.telfordcomedy.webs.com, 01952 610888. Sat 14 May ED AZCEL: THE RANDOM FLAPPING OF A BUTTERFLY’S WING Ed tries once again to nail down the nature of existence. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 8pm, £12, 01600 772467. Fri 20 May ALL STAR STAND-UP TOUR Presenting four heavyweight comics in the biggest comedy tour of the year. Featuring Gary Delaney, Pete Firman, Jarred Christmas and Sean Hughes. The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, £21, 01432 340555. Tues 24 May GRAEME OF THRONES An original and unauthorised parody on the international phenomenon that is Game of Thrones. A treat for fans and an introduction for the unenlightened. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £19, 01743 281281. Wed 25 May BOBBY DAVRO Primetime TV comedy icon is hitting the road with a brand new live show. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £23, 01743 281281. Thurs 26 May HAL CRUTTENDEN - STRAIGHT OUTTA CRUTTENDEN Hal’s hilarious new show finds him ranting about the real evils of the modern world. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £18.50, 01743 281281. Thurs 26 May - Sun 5 June HAY FESTIVAL 2016 Comedians include Sarah Millican, Marcus Brigstocke, Dara O Briain and Sara Pascoe. Hay-on-Wye, www.hayfestival.org

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Talks

Tues 3 May & Tues 7 June BRECKNOCK DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS SOCIETY 3 May - ‘Three Great Families and their Gardens’, with lecturer Caroline Rayman. 7 June - ‘The Italian and Northern Renaissance: The relationship between Italian Art, Durer and the Northern Artists’. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 2.30pm, annual membership £40, visitors welcome £7.50 per lecture, 01874 625679. Thurs 5 May SEEING THE WOOD FOR THE TREES A talk by Dr Ian Dormor on the history of woodland management. The talk will be preceded by Knighton Tree Allotments Trust’s AGM. Offa’s Dyke Centre, West St, Knighton, 7.30pm, free, 01547 520929. Fri 6 May AN EVENING WITH CHRIS PACKHAM Chris will be talking about his autobiography, ‘Fingers in the Sparkle Jar’ and his life as a child of the 1970s. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7pm, £9, £3 may be used towards purchase of the book, 01600 772467 or Rossiter Books 01600 775572. Fri 6 May LORD LISVANE, CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS Formerly Sir Robert Rogers. St Michael and All Angels Church, Kingsland, 7.30pm, £10 from Kingsland PO or 01568 709579.

Fri 6 - Sun 8 May OSBORNE AND AFTER WORDS AND PLAYS FESTIVAL 6 May - John Osborne presents the other John Osborne, writer and stand up, well known on BBC radio 1, 5 and 4. Clun Memorial Hall, 8.30pm, £12 online or on the door. 7 May - Peter Whitebrook talks about his recent biography of John Osborne. Hightown Community Rooms, 3pm, £6 online or on the door. 8 May - Derby Theatre. Sarah Brigham, Artistic Director of Derby Theatre talks about life at the theatre and the story behind Jinny (see Theatre). Clun Memorial Hall, 4pm. www.osborneandafter.org. Sat 7 May AN EVENING WITH PHIL RICKMAN Ask Phil about the TV series ‘Midwinter of the Spirit’ and about his latest books, his inspirations and experiences. Dilwyn Cedar Hall, 7pm, £7, ploughman’s supper included, bring your own drinks, 01544 318089. Mon 9 May LEOMINSTER CIVIC SOCIETY ‘Water: The Most Special Substance on Earth’. A talk by Dr Noel meeke MBE. The Talbot Hotel, Leominster, 7.30pm, £3 for non-members. Mon 9 May PLANT HEALERS & TEACHERS OF SOUTH AMERICA An illustrated talk at Quest, Grange Road Community Centre, Bishops Castle SY9 5AW, 7.30pm, 01588 630648. Wed 11 May PICTURESQUE WALES? A talk by Rita Singer on the illustrated travel accounts by continental Europeans from the late 18th century onwards. MOMA, Machynlleth, 12pm, 01654 703355.

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Thurs 19 May ANDREW FUSEK PETERS An evening of photographs and entertaining wildlife stories from nature writer and photographer, to celebrate the launch of his new Shropshire book, ‘Wilderland’. Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 7.30pm, £4, tea and biscuits included, 01588 676060. Thurs 19 May ETHELBERT LECTURE: THE USE OF HEREFORD A medieval diocesan right considered. A talk by William Smith. The Lady Chapel, Hereford Cathedral, 3.30pm, no booking required, 01432 374261.

Wed 11 May DISTRESS & DISORDER Reactions to the Irish Famine 1845-1851 in Herefordshire and Worcestershire with speaker Paddy McNally. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, £3, visitors welcome. Bromyard & District Local History Society. Sat 14 & Sun 15 May FIRST WORLD WAR AT CROFT CASTLE See memomorabilia, letters from the home front and photographs. Croft Castle and Parkland, Yarpole, 10am-5pm, normal admission applies. Mon 16 May EIGHT FLUTES IN HAND LUGGAGE A talk by Lisa Beznosiuk, principal flute, OAE. Christchurch, Edde Cross St, Ross-on-Wye, 7.30pm, visitors welcome, £6, 01989 567750. Ross-on-Wye Classical Music Society. Mon 16 May ROMANS OR BRITONS? SHROPSHIRE IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE The second in a six part series with Community Archaeologist Mick Greene. The Town Hall, Bishop’s Castle, 8pm, £5, 01588 630023. Mon 16 May LE CHEMIN DE FER DE LA BAIE DE SOMME (CFBS) Between chalk cliffs and sand dunes, by way of salt marsh, this delightful preserved steam railway links a varied estuary landscape at the mouth of the River Somme. Tony Thorndike will recount its fascinating story. Welshpool Corn Exchange, 7.30pm, £2 donation requested, 01686 650102. Tues 17 May SHRINES OF THE SAINTS IN ENGLAND AND WALES Michael Tavinor, Dean of Hereford explores the history and the present day significance of the shrines to the saints that can be found in many cathedrals and abbeys. St Mary’s Church, Ross-on-Wye, 7pm, £3. Wed 18 May THE UK’S WORST SERIAL KILLERS Retired Murder Squad detective Trevor Marriott presents a two-hour audiovisual show which tells the stories behind some of the UK’s worst serial killers from the late Victorian period to the present day. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, 01874 611622. Wed 18 May THOMAS TELFORD: ENGINEER A talk by Tony Crowe. Grange Court, Pinsley Rd, Leominster, 7.30pm, members free, visitors £3 on the door, 01568 620321. Leominster Historical Society.

Sat 21 May POWER OF PLACE: A DAY SCHOOL ON ROMANTICISM IN THE WELSH LANDSCAPE A day of talks exploring responses to the Welsh l andscape by writers and artists from the late 18th century to the present day. Speakers include Damian Walford Davies, John Barrell, Andrew Green, Helen Sear. MOMA, Machynlleth, 10am-4pm, £15/£10, 01970 636543. Sat 21 - Mon 23 May TRAHERNE FESTIVAL The programme includes lectures by the Rt Revd Dr Geoffrey Rowell, Dr Elizabeth Dodd and Mr David Merrill. Further details www.thomastraherneassociation.org. Wed 25 May HEDGEROW MEDICINES & KITCHEN PHARMACY With Rowan McOnegal. Lydbury North Village Hall, 7.30pm, 01588 620055. South West Shropshire Gardening Club. Thurs 26 May DAVID STARKEY: THE KING IS DEAD The UK’s leading constitutional historian, known for his forthright views, talks about the period he describes as ‘the most glorious soap opera, with the whole future of countries turning on what these huge personalities felt like when they got out of bed in the morning’. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £18/£17, 01432 340555. Tues 31 May GARDEN BIRD SURVEY - WILDLIFE TALK By John Arnfield. Town Hall, Bishop’s Castle, 7.30pm for 8pm, £3.50, 01588 630023. Wed 1 June HEREFORD TO CHELSEA An evening hosted by Bill Jackson with Leila Jacson telling of her experiences of exhibition at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Talk and reception £25, talk only £5. Hereford Cathedral, 7pm, tickets from Trust office, 01432 374261. Thurs 26 May MY MOUNTAIN LIFE SIMON YATES Share Simon’s epic journeys as a rock climber. Told with wit, dry humour and lavishly illustrated with images and video collected on his great climbs. Plus postshow book signing. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £15, 01584 878141.

by 25 May. 30 May - Bookfair - Browse and Buy. Grange Court, Leominster, 12-4pm, free. For all bookings 01568 616460.

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Workshops & Courses

Thurs 26 May - Sun 5 June HAY FESTIVAL 2016 Ten days of award-winning writers, great ideas, wonderful entertainment plus packed programme of events for children of all ages. Headlining for the 2016 festival are Caitlin Moran, Sam Mendes, Maxine Peake, Michael Palin, Simon Schama, Germaine Greer, Salman Rushdie, Gordon Brown, Yanis Varoufakis, Mervyn King, Monty Don, Tom Holland and Jeanette Winterson. Hay-on-Wye, www.hayfestival.org Thurs 26 May - Sun 5 June HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN 700 events, 370 music acts, 240 debates and talks, 10 stages. Including 28 May - The Dance of Life, philosophy with David Chalmers, Susana Martinez-Conde, Peter Hacker. Robert Rowland Smith hosts. 30 May - Beware Bankers Bearing Gifts, politics with Anatole Kaletsky, Ken Livingstone, Stephen King, Laura Bear. Owen Bennet-Jones hosts, 1.15pm. 4 June - The Elegant Truth, science with Frank Wilczek, Nancy Cartwright, Marcus du Sautoy. Hilary Lawson hosts. 5 June - Glory versus Passion, arts with Sally Phillips, Tom Hodgkinson, Adam Pearson. Oliver Burkeman hosts, 4pm. Hay-on-Wye, www.howthelightgetsin.org Fri 27 May - Sat 4 June LEOMINSTER FESTIVAL 27 May - An Audience with Deborah Moggach, writer of 19 novels, whose book ‘These Foolish Things’ became the hit movie ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’. Grange Court, Leominster, 7pm, £5/£4, accompanied under 12s free. 31 May - The British Oak, talk by photographer Archie Miles. Grange Court, Leominster. 3 June - Supper Talk, The Lugg Living Landscape. Pudleston Village Hall, 7pm, £12 includes 2-course hot supper, must be booked

Mon 20 May LEOMINSTER FESTIVAL BOOKFAIR WORKSHOPS With Tutors Simon Whaley and Fay Wentworth. 11am-1pm - Simon Whaley, Writing the Landscape (£15). 1.45pm-2.30pm - Fay Wentworth, Creating authentic settings in fiction (£8). 3-4pm - Simon Whaley, Writing for the Outdoor Magazine Market (£8) or £28 for all three workshops. Grange Court, Leominster, to book email peter.ellis.200@btinternet.com STORY SPACE - Storytelling workshop at Trumpet Corner between Hereford and Ledbury led by Carol Florence Graham. Also available are creative writing sessions; coaching; Forest School projects; CPD training for educators and group or individual tuition in Tai Chi Movements for Wellbeing. For more information see www.storyspace.co.uk or email info.storyspace@gmail. com Every Tues READING ROOM The Courtyard, Hereford, 10.30am-12.30pm, £48 per term, 01432 340555. First Wednesday of the month POETRY CAFE, Charlton Arms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01584 872813. 2nd Wed of each month MID WALES WRITERS GROUP An informal writers’ group for wordsmiths of all kinds. Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, £2.50, 01982 552555. Every 3rd Thursday PLAY READING Led by Simon and Paul of Rooftop Theatre. All scripts provided. The Sitting Room, Ludlow, 7.30pm, free, email paul@rooftoptheatre.co.uk 4th Thurs of each month HAY-ON-WYE AMNESTY GROUP The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 7-8pm, 01497 821153. International Poetry Writers’ Collective: Abergavenny 01873 856350 Leominster Writers' Circle, Leominster Community Centre, 01568 610451. Mid-Border Arts Writers’ Circle, Presteigne 3rd Tues, Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm. 01544 260255 Tenbury Writers’ Group Tenbury Library, 01584 812585. Border Poets 01547 530380.

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grass roots Green Events May & June SHROPSHIRE HILLS DISCOVERY CENTRE 5 May - Learn to Nordic Walk Course. 6 May - Taste the Hills Cookery Course. 7 May - Mindfullness Course. 7 May - Farmer’s Market. 8 May - Bluebell Walk. 14 & 28 May - Discovery Club. 30 May - 3 June - Family Activity, Survival Skills for ages 5-11 years. 31 May & 1 June Chainsaw Occasional User, NPTC Level 2 Course, 9.30am-4pm, £300. Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 01588 676060. May HEREFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST EVENTS 3 & 19 May - Bromyard Downs Project: Practical Work Party, 10am-3.30pm, Downs car park, 5 May - Bromyard Downs Project: Dawn Chorus survey, 4.30am-8pm, Downs car park, free. 7 May - Go Toads! Lake Celebration, 11am-1pm, Bodenham Lake Nature Reserve, free. 7 & 8 May - Pooling Together Project: Compost Toilet Building Course, 10am-3pm, Brockhampton Estate, Bringsty, near Bromyard, £70. 10 May - Pooling Together Project: Work Party, 9.30am-3pm, Downs car park, Bromyard Downs. 21 May - Queenswood 80th Birthday, 10am-3pm, free. 22 May - Pooling Together Project: Work Party, 10am-3pm, National Trust, Brockhampton Estate, Bringsty, near Bromyard. All details 01432 356872. May & June WILDLIFE COURSES AND EVENTS AT BRYNMAWR 7 May - Amphibian Ecology, identification and surveying. Beginner - intermediate level. 10.30am-4pm, £25. 21 May - Wildlife for Kids, 10am-1pm, £5 children, adults free.18 June - Introduction to the Invertebrates of Brynmawr, an Upland Farm. Beginner - intermediate level. 10am-4pm, £25. For more information contact Nick or Julie Button via tel: 07551 936440, email: nickbutton40@ gmail.com or website: www.clunvalleyorganics.co.uk May WYE VALLEY RIVER FESTIVAL 8 May - Mini Wye Serai and woodland walk. The Slaughters, Symonds Yat East, daytime, free, 01600 710844. 13 May - The Art of Sustainability: Rivers, Local meets Global. wye Valley Sculpture Garden, The Nurtons, Tintern, Chepstow, 6pm, free, www.eventbrite.co.uk for bookings. www.wyevalleyaonb.org.uk Sun 1 & Mon 2 May 2016 NATIONAL FALCONRY & RAPTOR FAIR Flying displays, entertainment and professional dog trainer, Ian Griffiths. Chetwynd Park, Newport, 10am-6pm, £13, children under 16 free, dogs on leads welcome, www.countryfairs.info

Mon 2 May THE FLOWER FAIR & SPRING GARDEN AUCTION Hergest Croft Gardens, Kington, 10am-5.30pm, auction commences 12.15pm, £6.50, under 16s free. In support of Hereford Cathedral Perpetual Trust and Friends of Hereford Cathedral. Mon 2 - Wed 4 May KNIGHTON WALKING FESTIVAL 2016 routes to be announced. Further details www.visitknighton.co.uk Fri 6 - Sun 8 May OSBORNE AND AFTER WORDS AND PLAYS FESTIVAL 7 May - Guided Walk from Clunton Coppice to the Hurst, a 3-mile guided walk with historian Keith Pybus. (Guide dogs only), 10am-12.30pm, £6, to reserve a place call 07976 733164. 8 May - The Hurst Arvon Centre, open house and grounds of John Osborne’s former home, 1.30-4.30pm, free, www.arvon.org Sat 14 May CLIMB ON BIKES CHARITY ROAD RIDE Two route options, 30 or 50 miles, to be completed at your own pace. 24-25 Coningsby St, Hereford, 10am. Free to enter, any donations will go to the Memory Cafe in Hereford in association with the Alzheimer’s Society. Sat 14 May PUTLEY OPEN GARDENS Six garden open. From Parish Hall (parking), footpaths give access to all gardens, plus refreshments in Parish Hall. Putley, near Ledbury, 1-5pm, £5, under 15s free, no dogs, www.putleygardens.org.uk Sun 15 May PLANT SALE Wigmore and District Gardening Club will be selling seedlings, plug plants, herbaceous plants and annuals. Wigmore Village Hall, 2-4pm, 07813 733240. Wed 25 May AN EVENING AT OAKLY PARK Viscount Windsor has kindly agreed to this special visit to view the art collection and gardens. Fund raising event for Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 6.30pm, £23/£20 to include a glass of wine on arrival, 01584 878141. May COACH & CAR TRIPS TO THREE GARDENS 3 May - Car trip to Ystrad House, Knighton, leaving Wigmore VH at 1.30pm. 11 May - Coach trip to Lydney Park, Gloucestershire, leaving Wigmore VH at 9.30am. 31 May - Car trip to Whimble Gardens, Kinnerton, leaving Wigmore VH at 1.30pm. All welcome, 07813 733240. Every Tuesday TODDLE TIME For children aged five and under and their carers. Onny Meadows, Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 10.30am-11.30am, bring your wellies! (With indoor alternative if wet), 01588 676060.

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complementary therapies Disclaimer. We would like to emphasise that these listings relate to COMPLEMENTARY medicine practitioners. Broad Sheep does not endorse any of the practitioners or healing methods listed. We provide no recommendation and take no responsibility for their content. ACCREDITED COUNSELLOR REGISTERED PSYCHOTHERAPIST AND CLINICAL SUPERVISOR, offers supportive, non-judgemental, face-to-face, skype and telephone sessions to individuals, couples and groups. Richard Lewis MSc Integrative Psychotherapy, Post-Grad Dips - Consultative Supervision and Children and Young People. BACP Sen. Accred., UKCP Reg. 01547 510360. A is for ACUPUNCTURE with Joanna Bruce RGN, B.Ac, M.B.Ac.C. Traditional Acupuncture for pain management, acute and/or chronic health problems. Phone for free initial discussion on 01568 709142. Stoneleigh, Kingsland, HR6 9QS. registered and insured with the British Acupuncture Council since 1986. ACUPUNCTURE. Sandy Sandaver Lic Ac MBAcC. I practice an integrated style of acupuncture using 5 element and TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) and am a member of the British Acupuncture Council. I also carry out home visits. Hay Acupuncture Clinic, Rose Cottage, Cusop Dingle, Hay-On-Wye 01497 821625/07980 596218 sandysandaver@onetel.com or www.hayacupunctureclinic.co.uk ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE in Hereford. Individual lessons and small groups with Ann Rowan MSTAT. BA. ARCM, 01432 279536. ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE in Leominster HR6 8QJ. Individual lessons with Janet Jameson MSTAT. 01568 613467. ALLERGY &/OR FOOD INTOLERANCES? Find out the complete picture by having a blood test to help you make the best choices for your health. Enquiries: 01568 709142. AROMATHERAPY MASSAGE, REFLEXOLOGY, INDIAN HEAD MASSAGE AN OTHER THERAPIES AVAILABLE IN LEOMINSTER. Humphrey Clement Bsc. MFHT offers an holistic personal approach using organically sourced products where possible. On-site Chair Massage is available for groups or in the workplace. To enhance your mental or physical wellbeing call 07702 038 063 for a consultation or email healing.Humphrey Clement BSc (hons) MFHT AROMATHERAPY & REFLEXOLOGY BASED IN LUDLOW. Aromatherapy is the use of essential oils extracted from plants, which may have a number of properties, that may when used help improve overall emotional health. Reflexology can be a wonderfully relaxing treatment on either the hands or feet that in turn may help relieving everyday tension. Both treatments may aid you in your overall improve sense of well being. Contact Emily Baker BA Hons, MIFPA, MAR, and CNHC registered, www.emilyjbaker.com, on 01584 529053 or 07775 652993. HILARY FOXWELL BTAA, AHSC, GWCG. Recovery, self-maintenance, health & well-being for your individual needs. Bowen technique treatment for muscle, skeletal, nerve, respiratory, intestinal conditions. Alexander technique tuition to retrain muscle action, breathing, body-mind reactions. Energy and emotional healing release for stress, grief, old trauma. Practitioner since 1984. Clinics in Tenbury Wells and Tenbury Wellness Centre. 01584 819010. COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY for depression, anxiety, panic, stress, OCD, relationship problems and more! Couple counselling, relationship counselling and individual counselling for most issues. Sessions held in the Presteigne area, Leominster and Hereford. Contact Gail Venables on 01544 350384 or see www.cbtgail.co.uk. MBACP (Accred).

CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHOTHERAPY Specialist in treating & assessing children & young people with mental health or behavioural issues or dealing with distressing situations. I also offer support to parents, carers and adopters (providing them with a space to think separately about their children) or work with parents/carers and children together. I am also able to help mothers and babies with attachment issues. I can provide supervision to other therapists, consultations and training to professionals. I can provide services at the Family Place in Hay-on-Wye and Hereford, I can provide services throughout the area. ACP accredited. ValĂŠrie Mortin BSc. 07961 885646 or Email: vivalavie@yahoo.com COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY (CBT), COUNSELLING AND COUPLE COUNSELLING Hello! CBT can work well for depression, anxiety, panic, OCD, anger, phobias, self-harm, eating disorders, low self-esteem and more. I also offer counselling for most issues, including sexuality, bereavement and past sexual abuse. Couple counselling is available and counselling for those who have problems concerning self-esteem, relationships or lack of them. Contact Gail Venables MBACP (Accred) on 01544 350384 or www.cbtgail.co.uk for sessions in Leominster and New Radnor (Powys). COUNSELLING & MINDFULNESS COACHING with Matthew Ward MBACP, Accredited Mindfulness Trainer. I provide a safe and confidential counselling service to explore the challenges that life can bring such as loss and anxiety. I also offer individual mindfulness coaching and run regular courses locally. 01568 708836 or 07982 466224 marchesmindfulness.co.uk COUNSELLING IN LUDLOW area. Talk in complete confidence, with warmth and without judgement, with Julia Walling BA(Hons), PGCE, Dip.EH.P.NLP (BHR), MAC. In private practice for 25 years, I am trained in a wide variety of therapies and combine them to meet your needs. Clients consistently report improvements in wellbeing within a few sessions. Panic/anxiety specialist. Short and long term for individuals, couples and families. 01584 874636 07796 596451 julia.walling@btinternet.com and www.juliawalling.co.uk CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY with Jess Pailthorpe RCST. Safe, effective, light-touch treatments to help you heal & repair. Muscle/joint problems, stress, anxiety, fatigue, traumaâ&#x20AC;Ś.Clinics in Leominster, Kingsland and Hereford. Phone to talk or book: 07981 866 667 / www.touchtreetherapy.co.uk EMOTIONAL THERAPY: Anne Cummings MFETC (Adv Dip) offers this safe, effective therapy to help adults and children heal their spiritual wounds and fulfil their personal potential. If you have difficulty relating to others, or have troublesome emotions call Anne on 01547 530977. Specialist knowledge and experience of working with sufferers of panic attacks, anger, stress, bullying, low self-esteem, bereavement/ loss, anxiety and attachment issues. Centres in Powys/south Shropshire. See also www.thewritetofeel.com for forthcoming workshops and talks. GUIDED IMAGERY & MUSIC - a music-centred form of integrative therapy that helps us to understand life issues from a holistic perspective. Hilary Storer is a qualified Music Therapist, registered with the HCPC. For more information & an introductory session contact 07904 750383 / musicandimagerytherapy@gmail.com.

HEALING in Bishops Castle. Soul Healing can help you create Positive Change by removing energy blockages which may be causing physical, emotional or spiritual difficulties. Contact Philomena Houlihan-Wood B.A. (Dublin), Cert. E.S.H., Dip. Counselling (Wales). Tel: 01588 638242. Email: philomena@soul-healing.net. Web: www.soul-healing.net MASSAGE THERAPY WITH MARIAN HARDIMAN (MTI, CNHC, MLDUK). Remedial, Sports, Holistic, Indian Head Massage. Organic Facial and Manual Lymph Drainage. Clinics in Presteigne (The Retreat) and Llandrindod Wells (Rock Park) or at your workplace or event. Contact: marian@ silvanmassage.com, www.silvanmassage.com, 07816 981454. HOLISTIC MASSAGE THERAPIST, ELLY INGRAM MTI Available in Kington and Leominster. Also can visit your home / B & B / holiday let on a mobile basis. 077927 43894 www.ellyingram.co.uk HOMEOPATHY : My name is Shayna, I have worked as a registered nurse for 23 years and am now a registered Homeopath. I work in the Newtown and Montgomeryshire and am happy to visit you at home should you prefer. Following a consultation to determine your unique ailments, be they physical, mental or emotional, a remedy will be carefully selected to match your specific disease. The remedy prescribed will help to stimulate your body’s natural ability to heal itself. I am very approachable and welcome any interest whether to ask questions or simply to book an appointment. Please contact Shayna Cashmore RN LicWSH RSHom. 07528 774 032. HOMOEOPATHY Sandy Underhill RSHom. Homoeopathy is a system of medicine which involves treating the individual with highly diluted substances, given mainly in tablet form, with the aim of triggering the body’s natural system of healing. Based on their individual symptoms, the homeopath will match the most appropriate medicine to each patient. Clinics in Llandrindod Wells, Kington and Presteigne. 01597 851021.

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LEOMINSTER NATURAL HEALTH CENTRE: Qualified therapists offer acupuncture, structural re-alignment, medical herbal medicine, remedial and holistic massage, reflexology, ear candling, reiki, psychotherapy, cognitive behaviour and couple counselling, hypnotherapy, health kinesiology, nutrition at the Leominster Natural Health Centre, Community Centre, Leominster, 01568 616411, www.leominstercommunitycentre.com. MARIE HUDSON. Yoga classes in Presteigne and Titley. One-to-one tuition available for individual needs. Registered Association for Yoga Studies practitioner. Registered with Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council for Yoga Therapy. 01544 260352. MASSAGE THERAPY Injuries, stress, relaxation. Claire Williams I.T.E.C. / N.I.M. 01544 267172. Clinics in Presteigne, Ludlow and Hereford. PHYSIOTHERAPY, CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY, REFLEXOLOGY & YOGA with Hermione Evans, Chartered Physiotherapist at Radnor Physiotherapy. For all back and neck pain, headaches, sports injuries, RSI, stress related illness and more. To discuss your needs or to make an appointment, please phone 01544 350691 or email contact@radnorphysiotherapy. co.uk or view www.radnorphysiotherapy.co.uk PRESTEIGNE NATURAL HEALTH CENTRE Offers a wide range of Natural therapies including: Osteopathy, Chiropody, Acupuncture, Remedial & Swedish massage, Reiki, Homeopathy, Emmett Technique, Kinesiology, Reflexology, Bowen Technique, Counselling, Cranio Sacral Therapy. Visit our website www.presteignenhc.com or facebook page. To make an appointment, 01544 267532, email pnhc2014@gmail. com REFLEXOLOGY Helping to relieve stress, regulate hormonal imbalances, sleep and eating patterns. Aid the release of toxins and restore energy levels. Over 20 years experience - Jo Davies ITEC 01544 267100 or 07876 796885. Clinic in Presteigne, home visits available.

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SIAM SMILE TRADITIONAL THAI MASSAGE BY (GAN) JANYARAK MORRIS. Stressed out? Neck and shoulders tension from too much time on computer? Low back pain? Or just want to pamper yourself? I can help! I am qualified in Traditional Thai Massage, Reflexology-Foot Massage, Facial Massage and Aromatherapy. Certificates recognized by the Ministry of Education in Thailand. Ground Floor, 3 Broad Street, Knighton LD7 1BL. Tel: 07538 572123 or (eve) 01547 550249 www.siamsmilettm.webs.com SPIRITUAL HEALER Naturally gifted in releasing emotional grief in present and past lives. 25 years professional experience with physical and mental health. Private healing sessions and talks given. Gillian Williamson, MNFSH. Field House, Kinnerton. 01547 560874. SPIRITUAL MEDIUM AND PSYCHIC ARTIST - Emily Baker, clairvoyant, clairsentient, and clairaudient, spiritual art, offering individual or party bookings. For more information go to www.emilyjbaker.com, call Ludlow 01584 529053 or 07775 652993. YOGA CLASSES, ONE-TO-ONE LESSONS AND YOGA THERAPY FOR WELL-BEING, FITNESS AND RELAXATION. Classes in Hereford, Moccas, Peterchurch and Eaton Bishop. One-to-ones in Orcop and at Yeleni Support and Therapy Centre, Hereford. Contact Nicky at www. nickyjaquesyoga.co.uk or 07817 268689 for more info.

Workshops WORKSHOP LISTINGS - Single listings are free. Year round, ongoing workshops will cost £40 per year for inclusion in the magazine and website. MEDITATION AND BUDDHISM Led by members of the Triratna Buddhist Community, for all levels of experience. Every Monday evening 7.15 to 9.30pm at Belmont Community Centre, Eastholme Avenue, Hereford HR2 7UQ. Donations welcome. For more details please contact Meg Hughes mhwesthope@yahoo.co.uk Tel: 01432 830332 Text: 07980 892653 or Danasamudra@btopenworld Tel: 01531 640573. More about Triratna at www.thebuddhistcentre.com Fri 6 - Sun 8 May YOGA FESTIVAL A celebration of all things yoga. A weekend of yoga inspiring workshops with experienced teachers in Vedic Chanting, Voice Workshops, Hatha, Ashtanga, Vini Yoga, Kashmire Hatha Yoga, Kundalini, Laughter, Vinyasa, philosophy, talks, meditation, film, Pranayama, yoga for children and more. Camping, yurts etc. Kinnersley Castle, 5pm Fri - 5pm Sun, £120 adults, £55 12-17, £25 5-11 year olds, under 5s free. www.jevonyoga.co.uk or 01981 590743.

Sat 7 May THE CEREMONY OF ORIGINAL INNOCENCE An expression of emotional resolution and forgiveness. Hand crafted geometric forms and the spoken word reconnect 12 circuits of electromagnetic energy into the human biosystem. Muscle-testing is used to demonstrate that where once there was weakness there is strength. Hosted by Nickm and Jessie y Bryn. Clive and Philippa’s Yurt, Builth Road, LD2 2RH, 07812 335298. Fri 3 - Sun 5 June SOUL HUSBANDRY - MATTHEW TRUSTMAN A journey of recovering and rekindling compassionate self-care. Hill Cottage Retreats, Rhos-y-meirch, Knighton, 01547 520044, www.hillcottageretreats.co.uk

Sun 5 June DHAMMA DIPA VIPASSANA MEDITATION CENTRE OPEN DAY Visitors have the opportunity to view the centre facilities, learn more about the practice and benefits it brings and try a taster session of ‘Anapana’ meditation. Guided tours, introductory talks and films, woodland walks and complementary cream teas. Dhamma Dipa, Pencoyd, St Owens Cross, Hereford, 2-6pm, free, 01989 730234, www.dipa.dhamma.org June & July INTRODUCTION TO ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE Classes in Leominster on Saturday mornings. Full details www.atinmarches.com Sat 25 June EMBODYING THE FEMININE THROUGH THE WAY OF THE HORSE Gain a deeper somatic awareness of yourself and build your “feminine container” through a blend of mind-body work, meditation, movement and nature-based practice including time spent with horses in this unique workshop. Suitable for women already on a path of mind-body-soul development and the return of the Divine Feminine. Held at: Hill Cottage Retreats, Rhos-y-meirch, Knighton. Run by Angela Dunning of Equine Reflections, more info/booking: angela@equinereflections.co.uk or: 07583 726207, www.equinereflections.co.uk June/July INTRODUCTION TO ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE Discover how to train your mind-brain-body to help you in everyday activities & experiences. Whilst you are working or playing, you can apply the 5 principles to reduce excess tension, enhance flexibility & prevent discomfort or pain. This 5 week course (small group) will provide you with awareness & understanding. You are able (amazingly!) to change your responses by using these simple tools, putting you more in charge of your life. Enquiries & booking (also future dates/times to suit you?) please contact Hilary Foxwell 01564 819010. Sunday Afternoons MEDITATION AT GREENSTREETE FARM Llangunllo. Introductory classes on Sunday afternoons. For more info. ring 01544 350698 or 01239 820352 HEDGEROW MEDICINE, KITCHEN PHARMACY : Herbal Medicine Making Courses with Rowan McOnegal, Medical Herbalist. Practical weekend courses which explore identifying, growing, harvesting, drying, storing and using herbs. Covers the basic principles of herbal medicine, and making and using teas, tinctures, infused oils, ointments, creams, syrups, inhalations and baths. www.rowanmconegal.co.uk or 01531 670075. TAI CHI MOVEMENTS FOR WELLBEING A simple sequence which can promote physical, mental and emotional health and wellbeing. This enjoyable form of movement meditation can enhance creativity and help realise true potential. One to One sessions available at Grange Court in Leominster and in Hereford. Contact Carol Florence Graham carol.florence@tmwtraining.com or phone 01432 507703 or 07765 851480.

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